New France

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New France was the vast area of North America colonized by France from the early 16th century until 1763, encompassing regions such as Canada, Acadia, and Louisiana.


Statements (67)
Predicate Object
instanceOf French colonial territory
former colony
historical region
administrativeHead Governor General of New France
Intendant of New France
borderedBy British colonies in North America
Spanish colonies in North America
capital Quebec City
colonialRival British America
New Netherland
Thirteen Colonies
colonizingPower France
continent North America
country Kingdom of France
currency French livre
demographicGroup French colonists
Indigenous peoples of North America
Métis
enslaved Africans
dissolutionEvent Treaty of Paris (1763)
endTime 1763
exploredBy Jacques Cartier
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Samuel de Champlain
foundedBy Jacques Cartier
governmentType absolute monarchy
historicalPeriod Age of Exploration
surface form: "Age of Discovery"

Early Modern period
surface form: "Early modern period"
includedRegion Acadia
Province of Canada
surface form: "Canada (colony)"

Great Lakes region
Hudson Bay region
Illinois Country
Spanish Louisiana
surface form: "Louisiana (New France)"

Pays d'en Haut
keyBattle Battle of Quebec (1759)
Battle of Quebec (1759)
surface form: "Battle of the Plains of Abraham"
legalSystem Custom of Paris
mainEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
fur trade
majorWar French and Indian War (as part of British America)
surface form: "French and Indian War"

Seven Years' War
metropolitanAuthority French Crown
Kings of France
surface form: "King of France"
missionaryOrder Society of Jesus
surface form: "Jesuits"

Récollets
Sulpicians
namedAfter France
notableCity Detroit
Louisbourg
Mobile
Montreal
New Orleans
Quebec City
notableGovernor Jean Talon
Louis de Buade de Frontenac
Samuel de Champlain
officialLanguage French
religion Roman Catholicism
startTime early 16th century
successorState British America
surface form: "British North America"

Canada
Province of Quebec
Spanish Louisiana
United States of America
surface form: "United States"

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: "French Louisiana"
Attack on Deerfield belligerent New France
this entity surface form: "French Canada"
Battle of Sainte-Foy belligerent New France
Braddock Expedition belligerent New France
this entity surface form: "French Canada"
King George's War belligerent New France
Queen Anne's War belligerent New France
this entity surface form: "French colonies in North America"
Louis Jolliet birthPlace New France
this entity surface form: "French colonies in North America"
Battle of Sainte-Foy country New France
Samuel de Champlain deathCountry New France
Samuel de Champlain founded New France
this entity surface form: "French colony of New France"
this entity surface form: "French Louisiana"
this entity surface form: "Louisiana (New France)"
Colonial America hasPart New France
Francis Parkman hasPartInSeries New France
this entity surface form: "France and England in North America: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV"
Quebec, Canada historicalColony New France
subject surface form: "Quebec"
Old Quebec historicalEra New France
Fox people historicalOpponent New France
Acadia locatedIn New France
Queen Anne's War locatedIn New France
Battle of Quebec (1759) location New France
Battle of Sainte-Foy location New France
King William's War location New France
Beaver Wars opponent New France
Fort Michilimackinac partOf New France
Jacques Marquette partOf New France
this entity surface form: "French colonization of the Americas"
Mobile, Alabama partOf New France
this entity surface form: "French Louisiana"
Ohio Country partOf New France
this entity surface form: "French colonial North America"
Queen Anne's War participant New France
Jacques Marquette placeOfDeath New France
James Wolfe placeOfDeath New France
Pierre Laclède politicalContext New France
this entity surface form: "French colonial Louisiana"
Illinois frontier precededBy New France
this entity surface form: "French colonial Illinois Country"
Pierre Laclède regionOfActivity New France
this entity surface form: "French Louisiana"
Beaver Wars relatedTo New France
Marie-Thérèse Guyon residence New France
Shadows on the Rock setInPlace New France
French colonial empire territory New France
Mobile wasFormerCapitalOf New France
this entity surface form: "French Louisiana"

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