French Colonial Empire

The French slaves

Sep 18, 1402

Late medieval / early modern lawyers in France argued that the freedom enjoyed by French citizens should be extended to anyone who arrived in France. They cited a 1402 case in which the syndic of Toulouse ruled that four slaves who had escaped to Toulouse were free by the privilege of that city. The Parlement of Bordeaux took similar action in 1571, when a Norman slave merchant attempted to sell a cargo of slaves in Bordeaux. The merchant was arrested and the slaves were freed.

Fur Trade

Sep 18, 1450

The North American fur trade probably began as a supplement to the early shore-based fishing operations. Europeans were impressed by the quality of the furs in the possession of the natives they encountered and saw the potential for marketing such furs in Europe where supplies of good quality fur were becoming increasingly scarce. Native people, for their part, were interested in exchanging furs for European metal and cloth goods. The main impetus for the subsequent development of the fur trade

Beginning of the French

Jan 1, 1550

The French colonial empire was overseas territory that was under French rule. The "First French Empire" operated from the 17th century to 1814, when most of it was lost. The "Second French Empire" began in the 1870s and closed down in the late 1960s. The Second was the second-largest empire, behind the British Empire, and covered 12,300,000 km 4,800,000 sq. miles of land at its height in the 1920s and 1930s. It was created for purposes of trade and prestige, and to spread French civilisati.

The French Empire

Jan 1, 1551

The First French Empire French Empire Français. also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France. It was the dominant power of much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

Losing

Jan 1, 1557

The French lost the Battle of St. Quentin ainst the spanish in 1557

Emperor of the french

Jan 1, 1558

The Emperor of the French French Empereur des Français was the title used by the House of Bonaparte starting when Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title Emperor on 18 May 1804 by the French Senate and was crowned emperor of the French on 2 December 1804 at the cathedral of Notre Dame Paris, in Paris with the Crown of Napoleon.

The second Empire

Jan 1, 1852

The French colonial empire was overseas territory that was under French rule. The First French Empire operated from the 17th century to 1814, when most of it was lost. The Second French Empire began in the 1870s and closed down in the late 1960s. The Second was the second largest empire, behind the British Empire, and covered 12,300,000 4,800,000 miles of land at its height in the 1920s and 1930s. It was created for purposes of trade and prestige, and to spread French civilisati