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Canada. United States. The colony of Canada was a French colony within the larger territory of New France. It was claimed by France in 1535 during the second voyage of Jacques Cartier, in the name of the French king, Francis I. The colony remained a French territory until 1763, when it became a British colony known as the Province of Quebec.
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New France ( French: Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris . A vast viceroyalty, New France consisted of five colonies ...
Jul 8, 2021 · Updated by Fred Glover. Published Online July 8, 2021. Last Edited July 8, 2021. New France was a French colony in North America. By the early 1740s, France controlled what is known today as the Maritime provinces, much of modern-day Ontario and Quebec, and the Hudson Bay region.
In 1791 the British government passed the Canada Act. This divided Quebec province into two. Lower Canada, in the east, which had been the heart of the former New France, maintained the arrangements as defined in Quebec Act of 1774, though now the governor was to call an elected assembly.
France (as French Overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon) New France was a colony settled by France in North America. The regions in New France included Quebec, Acadia, and the Louisiana Territory. Quebec City was its capital. The French settled there after finding Quebec and in doing so created New France.
Secord in 1865. Laura Secord ( née Ingersoll; 13 September 1775 – 17 October 1868) was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles (32 km) out of American-occupied territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American attack. Her contribution to the war was little known during her lifetime, but ...
