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	Occurrences
French colonial administration	4
French colonization of the Americas	2
First French colonial empire	1
French colonial Louisiana	1
French colonial empire (under Napoleon)	1
French colonial empire in Asia	1
French colonial empire under the Third Republic	1
French colonial era	1
French colonial possessions in Asia	1
French colonial possessions in the Americas	1
French overseas empire	1
New France	1
Second French colonial empire	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.

Free France → territoryClaimed → French colonial empire ⓘ

Palais des Colonies → theme → French colonial empire ⓘ

French West African franc → usedBy → French colonial empire ⓘ

Gia Định Province → usedBy → French colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: French colonial administration

Tonkin → usedBy → French colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: French colonial administration

Nguyễn dynasty → vassalOf → French colonial empire ⓘ

Ohio Valley region → wasContestedBy → French colonial empire ⓘ

Coromandel Coast → wasImportantTo → French colonial empire ⓘ