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Under the Ancien Régime, Louisiana formed part of a larger colonial unit, French American territory—New France (Nouvelle France), which included a large part of modern-day Canada. New France was initially ruled by a viceroy in 1625, the Duke of Ventadour.
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New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the territory...
- French Louisiana - Wikipedia
French Louisiana was one of the districts of New France. [1]...
- Louisiana (New Spain) - Wikipedia
Louisiana (Spanish: La Luisiana, [la lwiˈsjana]), [1] or the...
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Louisiana (French: La Louisiane; La Louisiane française) or...
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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.
Louisiana (French: La Louisiane; La Louisiane française) or French Louisiana[1] was an administrative district of New France. It was under French control 1682 to 1762 and 1801 (nominally) to 1803 when France sold it in the Louisiana Purchase. The area was named after King Louis XIV by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
Jul 26, 2024 · New France, (1534–1763), the French colonies of continental North America, initially embracing the shores of the St. Lawrence River, Newfoundland, and Acadia (Nova Scotia) but gradually expanding to include much of the Great Lakes region and parts of the trans-Appalachian West.
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Louisiana (French: La Louisiane; La Louisiane française) or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. It was under French control 1682 to 1762 and 1801 (nominally) to 1803 when France sold it in the Louisiana Purchase.
French Louisiana was one of the districts of New France. [1] Beginning in 1682 this region, known in French as la Louisiane française, [2] functioned as an administrative district of New France. It extended from the Gulf of Mexico to Vincennes, now in Indiana.
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Louisiana (Spanish: La Luisiana, [la lwiˈsjana]), [1] or the Province of Louisiana (Provincia de La Luisiana), was a province of New Spain from 1762 to 1801 primarily located in the center of North America encompassing the western basin of the Mississippi River plus New Orleans.
