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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.
The manorial system of New France, known as the seigneurial system ( French: Régime seigneurial ), was the semi- feudal system of land tenure used in the North American French colonial empire. [1] Economic historians have attributed the wealth gap between Quebec and other parts of Canada in the 19th and early 20th century to the persistent ...
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Capital punishment in Canada dates back to Canada's earliest history, including its period as a French colony and, after 1763, its time as a British colony. From 1867 to the elimination of the death penalty for murder on July 26, 1976, 1,481 people had been sentenced to death, and 710 had been executed. Of those executed, 697 were men and 13 women.
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. Map of Canada after 1713.
Samuel de Champlain ( French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; c. born 13 August 1567 [2] [Note 1] [Note 2] – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean, [3] and founded Quebec City, and New ...
Voyageurs ( French: [vwajaʒœʁ] ⓘ; lit. 'travellers') were 18th- and 19th-century French Canadians and others who transported furs by canoe at the peak of the North American fur trade. The emblematic meaning of the term applies to places ( New France, including the Pays d'en Haut and the Pays des Illinois) and times where that ...
