French colonial empire

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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.

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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

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Governor-General of French West Africa partOf French colonial empire
Bourbon realms country French colonial empire
Bourbon realms hasPart French colonial empire
Brazzaville Conference appliesToJurisdiction French colonial empire
Gia Định Province usedBy French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial administration
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
French West African franc usedBy French colonial empire
French India partOf French colonial empire
Ordre de l’Étoile noire region French colonial empire
Ville-Marie partOf French colonial empire
Marquis de Duquesne historicalRegion French colonial empire
French authorities historicalPeriod French colonial empire
German occupation of France appliesToJurisdiction French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial empire (indirectly via Vichy control)
Musée de la France d’Outre-Mer seeAlso French colonial empire
Rally of the French People supported French colonial empire
Code Noir (involvement in drafting) appliesTo French colonial empire
subject surface form: Code Noir
indigenous peoples of the Loyalty Islands colonialHistory French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonization of New Caledonia
Masulipatam (factory) usedBy French colonial empire
French West India Company partOf French colonial empire
Military history of New France partOf French colonial empire
Resident-General of France in Morocco partOf French colonial empire
Seven Years' War in the Caribbean relatedTo French colonial empire
Fort Cataraqui partOf French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial empire in North America
French Zouaves associatedWith French colonial empire
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville historicalPeriod French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial era in North America
Governor-General of Algeria positionHeldIn French colonial empire
Sylvain Charles Valée partOf French colonial empire
Constitution of 1852 territorialScope French colonial empire
Maison Centrale controlledBy French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial administration
French protectorates partOf French colonial empire
French protectorates relatedTo French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonies
French Quarter of Hanoi developedBy French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial administration
Port Royal partOf French colonial empire
subject surface form: Port Royal (Acadia)
French Guinea partOf French colonial empire
Indochinese Communist Party opposedTo French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial administration
GPRF jurisdiction French colonial empire
Indian indenture system appliesToJurisdiction French colonial empire
Governor General of New France partOf French colonial empire
Custom of Paris appliedIn French colonial empire
Louisbourg partOf French colonial empire
Gilbert Antoine de Maxent associatedWith French colonial empire
Giovanni Giuseppe Bressani historicalRegionOfActivity French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial North America
Casablanca, French Morocco wasPartOf French colonial empire
Rue du Petit-Champlain partOfHistoricalPeriod French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial era in North America
Dong Khoi Street hasHistoricalPeriod French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial era
National Museum of Cambodia establishedBy French colonial empire
this entity surface form: French colonial administration
Treaty of Fez partOf French colonial empire
Siege of Cap-Français relatedTo French colonial empire
Yanam district historicalAffiliation French colonial empire