French colonial empire

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colonial empire

The French colonial empire was the overseas territories and possessions ruled by France from the 17th to the 20th century, spanning regions in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific and becoming one of history’s largest colonial empires.

Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	As subject	As object
French colonial administration	0	4
French colonization of the Americas	0	2
First French colonial empire	0	1
French colonial Louisiana	0	1
French colonial empire (under Napoleon)	0	1
French colonial empire in Asia	0	1
French colonial empire under the Third Republic	0	1
French colonial era	0	1
French colonial possessions in Asia	0	1
French colonial possessions in the Americas	0	1
French overseas empire	0	1
New France	0	1
Second French colonial empire	0	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial empire →
alsoKnownAs	French Empire → French colonial empire → surface form: French overseas empire
continent	Africa → Americas → Asia → Europe → Oceania →
country	France →
dissolutionCause	nationalist movements → post–World War II decolonization → wars of independence →
economicActivity	plantation agriculture → resource extraction → slave trade →
endTime	20th century →
governmentType	colonial administration →
language	French →
legacy	Francophonie → French overseas departments and territories →
notableColony	Algeria → French Indochina → surface form: Indochina Haiti → surface form: Saint-Domingue
part	French colonial empire self-linksurface differs → surface form: First French colonial empire French colonial empire self-linksurface differs → surface form: Second French colonial empire
peakPeriod	19th century →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
significantEvent	Franco-Prussian War → Seven Years' War → surface form: French and Indian War Napoleonic Wars → Scramble for Africa → Seven Years' War → World War I → World War II → decolonization →
startTime	17th century →
successor	French Community → French Union →
territory	Algeria → Cambodia → Comoros → Djibouti → French Equatorial Africa → French Guiana → French Polynesia → Djibouti → surface form: French Somaliland French West Africa → Guadeloupe → Haiti → French Indochina → surface form: Indochina Laos → Lebanon → Louisiana → surface form: Louisiana (New France) Madagascar → Martinique → Morocco → New Caledonia → New France → Province of Quebec → surface form: Quebec Réunion → Haiti → surface form: Saint-Domingue Senegal → Syria → Tunisia → Viet Nam → surface form: Vietnam

Referenced by (58)

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

French colonial empire → alsoKnownAs → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French overseas empire

Brazzaville Conference → appliesToJurisdiction → French colonial empire →

French Crown → claimedAuthorityOver → French colonial empire →

Bengal → colonialPower → French colonial empire →

Bourbon realms → country → French colonial empire →

Louisiana Creole → developedInContext → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonial Louisiana

Sénat conservateur → hasJurisdiction → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonial empire (under Napoleon)

Bourbon realms → hasPart → French colonial empire →

European colonization of the Americas → hasPart → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonization of the Americas

French Empire → hasPart → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonial possessions in Asia

French Empire → hasPart → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonial possessions in the Americas

Catholic Church in Haiti → historicalOriginPeriod → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonial era

Francophone Africa → historicallyLinkedTo → French colonial empire →

Révolution nationale → implementedInTerritory → French colonial empire →

piastre of French Indochina → introducedBy → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonial administration

French West African franc → issuingAuthority → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonial administration

Provisional Government of the French Republic → jurisdiction → French colonial empire →

Protectorate of Annam → locatedIn → French colonial empire →

French colonial empire → part → French colonial empire self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: First French colonial empire

French colonial empire → part → French colonial empire self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Second French colonial empire

AEF → partOf → French colonial empire →

Acadia → partOf → French colonial empire →

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac → partOf → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonization of the Americas

Cochinchina → partOf → French colonial empire →

Flag of French Equatorial Africa → partOf → French colonial empire →

Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit → partOf → French colonial empire →

French Algeria → partOf → French colonial empire →

French Caribbean → partOf → French colonial empire →

French Empire → partOf → French colonial empire →

French Equatorial Africa → partOf → French colonial empire →

French Indochina → partOf → French colonial empire →

French Morocco → partOf → French colonial empire →

French North Africa → partOf → French colonial empire →

French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → partOf → French colonial empire →

French Ubangi-Shari → partOf → French colonial empire →

French West Africa → partOf → French colonial empire →

French colony of Saint-Domingue → partOf → French colonial empire →

Governor-General of French Indochina → partOf → French colonial empire →

Governor-General of French West Africa → partOf → French colonial empire →

Kwang-Chou-Wan → partOf → French colonial empire →

Nam Kỳ → partOf → French colonial empire →

Protectorate of Annam → partOf → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonial empire in Asia

Tonkin → partOf → French colonial empire →

Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration → partOf → French colonial empire →

Province of Quebec → precededBy → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: New France

Free French Forces → recruitedFrom → French colonial empire →

AFN → relatedTo → French colonial empire →

French Union → replaces → French colonial empire →

Portuguese Empire → rival → French colonial empire →

French Empire → successorState → French colonial empire →

this entity surface form: French colonial empire under the Third Republic