French history in north america

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As the English, Spanish and Dutch began to explore and claim parts of North America, Jacques Cartier began the French colonization of North American in   By the ’s the colonies of Canada, Acadia, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and Louisiana that made up New France were well established.

In Illinois the French colonists settled in the southwestern part of the state along the Mississippi River and created the towns of Prairie du Rocher, Kaskaskia, St. Philippe, and Cahokia.  A French official described the area:

"This country is one of the most beautiful in all Louisiana. Every kind of grain and vegetables are produced here in the greatest abundance they have, also, large numbers of oxen, cows, sheep, etc., upon the prairies. Poultry is abundant, and fish plentiful. So that, in fact, they lack none of the necessaries or conveniences of life.”

In the village of Kaskaskia counted over 1, French residents.

The British triumph in over the French in the North American theater of the Seven Year’s War ended the French dream of dominating North America.  The French and Indian War left the French residents of Lower and Upper Louisiana (which included Illinois) with a tough choice: submit to British rule or cross into Spanish territory on the west side of the Mississippi and rebuild their

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New France

Area colonized by France in North America

"Nouvelle France" redirects here. For other uses, see Nouvelle France (disambiguation) and New France (disambiguation).

"French Quebec" redirects here. For other uses, see Québécois.

New France Nouvelle-France&#;(French)
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New France's territory at its height in , before the Treaty of Utrecht.
Status	Viceroyalty of the Kingdom of France (–) Viceroyalty under British military occupation (–)
Capital	Quebec
Official&#;languages	French
Religion	Catholicism
King of France	&#;
•&#;–	Francis I (first)
•&#;–	Louis XV (last)
Viceroy of New France	&#;
•&#;–	Jacques Cartier (first; as Governor of New France)
•&#;–	Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (last)
Legislature	Superior Council
Historical era	Colonial/French and Indian War
•&#;Exploration of Canada begins with Jacques Cartier	24 July
•&#;Louis XIV integrates New France into the royal domain, endows it with a new administration and founds the French West India Company	18 September
•&#;By the Treaty of Utrecht, France cedes most of Acadia to the Kingdom of Great Britain as well as its claims on Newfoundland and Hudson's Bay.	11 April
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