I'm serious people! I've heard of France but not New france? What's that? (Blame my school system, not me!)
2006-12-30 09:09:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
New France was the part of America colonized by the French people between 16th and 18th century on both sides of Mississipi. It roughly corresponds to 1/3 of USA territory (all the center of modern USA) and some part of Canada.
This territory was very large, but there was in fact few French people were living there. There was a war between English and French and in 1763, France, who had already lost Acadia, lost almost all its possessions in North America (St Pierre et Miquelon being the only remnant in North America of the 1st French colonial empire + Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Carribean).
In all documentation I found, New France can either be only "old" Louisiana (far more bigger than the modern Louisiana state) +Hudson Bay (which it was at the end). Or be "old"Louisiana+Hudson Bay+Québec+Acadia+Newfoundland (which it was at some time). Each of these territories had its own administration.
I think you can still find some old military forts here and there in the USA. Chicago was founded by a French, and two state names (Maine and Vermont) come directly from French. Not to mention some other towns or all the French names in Louisiana...
2006-12-31 00:48:04 · answer #1 · answered by a_t_c_h_o_u_m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. At its peak in 1712 (before the Treaty of Utrecht), the territory of New France extended from Newfoundland to Lake Superior and from the Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. The territory was then divided in five colonies, each with its own administration: Canada, Acadia, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and Louisiana.
Because the capital of Canada (Quebec City) was also the capital of New France, the terms Canada and New France were often used interchangeably. After the Treaty of Paris of 1763, when France ceded Canada to the United Kingdom in exchange for keeping Guadaloupe, the colony was renamed the Province of Quebec.
2006-12-30 10:36:07 · answer #2 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the current location of Canada back during the colonization of America. Just like America was called New England, Canada during that time was called New France.
2006-12-30 13:55:17 · answer #3 · answered by Canda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canada
2006-12-30 10:14:44 · answer #4 · answered by Cheez it 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-15 11:47:20 · answer #5 · answered by moncalieri 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canada. I'm pretty sure it was called that when Canada was being colonized by the French.
2006-12-30 10:43:52 · answer #6 · answered by makeyourownlucksillly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋