New France

E38729
French colonial territory former colony historical region

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.

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All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
New France canonical 179
French Louisiana 5
French colonies in North America 4

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 (208)

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

French colonial empire → territory → New France ⓘ
Queen Anne's War → locatedIn → New France ⓘ
Queen Anne's War → belligerent → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French colonies in North America
Queen Anne's War → participant → New France ⓘ
Colonial America → hasPart → New France ⓘ
Battle of Quebec (1759) → location → New France ⓘ
Illinois frontier → precededBy → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French colonial Illinois Country
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac → exploredRegion → New France ⓘ
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve → activeIn → New France ⓘ
class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America → coversRegion → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French America
King George's War → belligerent → New France ⓘ
James Wolfe → placeOfDeath → New France ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church in Quebec → historicalPeriodOfDominance → New France ⓘ
Ohio Country → partOf → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French colonial North America
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville → birthPlace → New France ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville → governedTerritory → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Louisiana
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville → governedTerritory → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana (New France)
New England Colonies → conflictWith → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French colonies in North America
Attack on Deerfield → belligerent → New France ⓘ
Jacques Marquette → placeOfDeath → New France ⓘ
Jacques Marquette → workedAsMissionaryIn → New France ⓘ
Jacques Marquette → partOf → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French colonization of the Americas
Mobile → wasFormerCapitalOf → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Louisiana
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville → associatedWith → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Louisiana
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville → associatedWith → New France ⓘ
Samuel de Champlain → deathCountry → New France ⓘ
Samuel de Champlain → founded → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French colony of New France
Fort Michilimackinac → partOf → New France ⓘ
Mobile, Alabama → partOf → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Louisiana
Pierre Laclède → politicalContext → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French colonial Louisiana
Pierre Laclède → regionOfActivity → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Louisiana
Acadia → locatedIn → New France ⓘ
King William's War → location → New France ⓘ
British–Native American wars → involved → New France ⓘ
Old Quebec → historicalEra → New France ⓘ
Quebec, Canada → historicalColony → New France ⓘ
subject surface form: Quebec
Braddock Expedition → belligerent → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Canada
Francis Parkman → hasPartInSeries → New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: France and England in North America: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
Pierre-Esprit Radisson → placeOfActivity → New France ⓘ
British campaign against New France → belligerent → New France ⓘ
British campaign against New France → location → New France ⓘ
Battle of Sainte-Foy → location → New France ⓘ
Battle of Sainte-Foy → country → New France ⓘ
Battle of Sainte-Foy → belligerent → New France ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay → placeOfActivity → New France ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay → historicalRegion → New France ⓘ
Beaver Wars → opponent → New France ⓘ
Beaver Wars → relatedTo → New France ⓘ
Kingdom of France → colonialTerritory → New France ⓘ
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut → deathPlace → New France ⓘ