Conquest of New France - Wikipedia
WEBThe conquest of New France (French: La Conquête) – the military conquest of New France by Great Britain during the Seven Years' War of 1756–1763 – started with a British campaign in 1758 and ended with the region being put under a British military regime between 1760 and 1763.
The Conquest of New France - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBFeb 6, 2006 · With the Treaty of Paris, signed on 10 February 1763, the colony of New France became a British possession. Shortly thereafter, Britain’s newly acquired territories were politically organized through the Royal Proclamation of 1763 .
New France - Wikipedia
WEBNew France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.
New France | Definition, History, & Map | Britannica
WEBJul 26, 2024 · New France, (1534–1763), the French colonies of continental North America, initially embracing the shores of the St. Lawrence River, Newfoundland, and Acadia (Nova Scotia) but gradually expanding to include much of the Great Lakes region and parts of the trans-Appalachian West.
New France [ushistory.org]
WEBNew France. French explorer Champlain had visited and mapped the New England coast a number of times before the Pilgrims arrived in 1620. This map of New France was drawn in 1612 and includes all of what is now New England. About the same time John Smith and the Jamestown settlers were setting up camp in Virginia, France was building permanent ...
New France - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBSep 4, 2013 · Following the British Conquest, New France was ceded to Great Britain in 1763 and became a British colony. (See Treaty of Paris 1763.) (This article is the full version of the text regarding New France. For a plain-language summary, please see New France (Plain Language Summary).)
The story of New France: the cradle of modern Canada
WEBMay 21, 2020 · Despite its relatively short life of 155 years, New France forged a legacy that can still be felt in modern Canada. Even under British rule, writes historian Jacques Mathieu, the residents of...
New France - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBNew France. France was a colonial power in North America from the early 16th century, the age of European discoveries and fishing expeditions, to the early 19th century, when Napoléon Bonaparte sold Louisiana to the United States.
4.5 The Heroic Age of New France
WEBThe period between 1600 and 1663 is sometimes described as the “heroic age” of New France. The French colony was built around a particular kind of commerce in an age of religious combativeness and rising merchant power, all …
Governing New France - Canadian Museum of History
WEBWith royal officials in control, New France became more than a fur-trade outpost. French women arrived in large numbers, and farms and families flourished. King Louis XIV and his chief minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert gave New France a government similar to that of a French province.