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New France: see Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. ..... Click the link for more information. . New FrancePossessions of France in North America from 1534 to the Treaty of Paris in 1763. After the first land claim for France by Jacques Cartier (1534), the company of New France was established in 1627. With the explorations by Samuel de Champlain, Jacques Marquette, La Salle, Louis Jolliet, and others, the boundaries of New France expanded beyond the lower St. Lawrence River to include the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley. From 1689 rivalry between England and France affected their possessions in North America. The French and Indian War (1754–63) resulted in the cession of Canada and the territory east of the Mississippi River to England and the territory west of the Mississippi to Spain, with France keeping only the islands of St.-Pierre and Miquelon off the coast of Newfoundland. New France the former French colonies and possessions in North America, most of which were lost to England and Spain by 1763: often restricted to the French possessions in Canada How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Sieur De Salle: New World Adventurer by John Zronik (0778724131) surveys LA Salle's great explorations and troubled encounters, Adrianna Morganelli's Samuel De Champlain: From New France To Cape Cod (077872414X) tells how the founding father of 'New France' established his colonies, Katharine Bailey's Ferdinand Magellan: Circumnavigating The World (0778724166) follow Magellan's world explorations and lasting legacy of trade and discovery; R. It is the story of the Carta and the evolution of British common law, of the English and other European settlers who landed at Jamestown and claimed New Netherland, New France and New England for their monarchs, then tamed the wilderness in the East, built the 13 colonies, staged the Boston Tea Party, fired the shot heard round the world, and tossed off the ermined arm of the British sovereign. The essays deal with imported tobacco as against native tobaccos consumed by the Aborigines of Australia; tobacco consumption by natives in Papua-New Guinea; alcohol and the slave trade in west Africa and the fur trade in New France and English North America; the consumption of rum and marijuana by workers in the Trinidad sugar industry; alcohol consumption and labor in Namibia and Botswana; coca in Bolivia; and caffeine found in a variety of products including coffee, tea, and chocolate. |
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