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Louisiana (French: Louisiane) or French Louisiana (Louisiane française) was an administrative district of New France.In 1682 the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle erected a cross near the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed the whole of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River in the name of King Louis XIV, naming it "Louisiana".
This article presents a list of towns and villages in New France. These towns and villages were or are still located throughout the former North American colonies of France . Acadia [ edit ]
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 ...
Timeline of New France history. This is a list of the timelines for the history of northern New France beginning with the first exploration of North America by France through being part of the French colonial empire . Beginnings to 1533 - northern region (present day Canada)
New France. Ang New France ( Pranses: la Nouvelle-France) ay isang pook na sinakop ng Pransiya sa Hilagang Amerika mula noong kapanahunan ng pagkakatuklas sa Ilog Saint Lawrence, ni Jacques Cartier noong 1534, hanggang sa pagsanib ng New France sa España at Britanya noong 1763. Sa katanyagan nito noong 1712 (bago ang Tratado ng Ultrecht ...
Card money was in use in New France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Official money cards were embossed with a fleur-de-lis and the signatures of the intendant, governor, and treasurer. Private cards would also use the fleur-de-lis and the signature of its debtor. Card money was generally issued, at least initially, in emergency ...
Published Online September 4, 2013. Last Edited July 9, 2021. The history of France as a colonial power in North America began during the 16th century, during the era of European exploration and fishing expeditions. At its peak, the French colony of New France stretched over a vast area from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Louisiana.
