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1039: 1378: 1729:, the new Governor-General of Brazil, received from the Portuguese government the command to expel the French. With a fleet of 26 warships and 2,000 soldiers, on 15 March 1560, he attacked and destroyed Fort Coligny within three days, but was unable to drive off their inhabitants and defenders, because they escaped to the mainland with the help of the Native Brazilians, where they continued to live and to work. Admiral Villegaignon had returned to France in 1558, disgusted with the religious tension that existed between French Protestants and Catholics, who had come also with the second group (see French Wars of Religion). 1223: 1786: 5492: 38: 3711: 4676: 840: 612: 405: 4663: 3663: 1829:, under the command of Alexandre de Moura, was able to mount a military expedition, which defeated and expelled the French colonists in 1615, less than four years after their arrival in the land. Thus, it repeated the disaster spelt for the colonists of France Antarctique, in 1567. A few years later, in 1620, Portuguese and Brazilian colonists arrived in number and SĂŁo LuĂ­s started to develop, with an economy based mostly in sugar cane and slavery. 798:"The descendants of the French who have accustomed to this country , together with all the Indians who will be brought to the knowledge of the faith and will profess it, shall be deemed and renowned natural Frenchmen, and as such may come to live in France when they want, and acquire, donate, and succeed and accept donations and legacies, just as true French subjects, without being required to take no letters of declaration of naturalization." 1111: 1515: 3777: 919: 151: 1762:
Equinoctial France was the contemporary name given to the colonization efforts of France in the 17th century in South America, around the line of Equator, before "tropical" had fully gained its modern meaning: Equinoctial means in Latin "of equal nights", i.e., on the Equator, where the duration of
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From 1699 to 1702, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville was governor of Louisiana. His brother succeeded him in that post from 1702 to 1713. He was again governor from 1716 to 1724 and again 1733 to 1743. In 1718, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville commanded a French expedition in Louisiana. He founded the
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to the south. In the middle of the 18th century, New France accounted for 60,000 people while the British colonies had more than one million people. This placed the colony at a great military disadvantage against the British. The war between the colonies resumed in 1744, lasting until 1748. A final
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and Guillaume Chartrier. The new colonists, numbering around 300, included 5 young women to be wed, 10 boys to be trained as translators, as well as 14 Calvinists sent by Calvin, and also Jean de LĂ©ry, who would later write an account of the colony. They arrived in March 1557. The relief fleet was
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was founded, in 1643 and 1645, but both foundered as a result of misfortune and mismanagement. It was only after 1674, when the colony came under the direct control of the French crown and a competent Governor took office, that France Équinoxiale became a reality. To this day, French Guiana is a
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on the Illinois River, along with 23 French and 18 Native Americans. In April 1682, they arrived at the mouth of the Mississippi; they planted a cross and a column bearing the arms of the king of France. In 1686 de Tonti left 6 men near the Quapaw village of Osotouy, creating the settlement of
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Doctrinal disputes arose between Villegagnon and the Calvinists, especially in relation to the Eucharist, and in October 1557 the Calvinists were banished from Coligny island as a result. They settled among the Tupinamba until January 1558, when some of them managed to return to France by ship
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on the western third of the island in 1664. Nicknamed the "Pearl of the Antilles", Saint-Domingue became the richest colony in the Caribbean due to slave plantation production of sugar cane. It had the highest slave mortality rate in the western hemisphere. A 1791 slave revolt, the only ever
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Prisoners were set free in Paris in September 1719 onwards, under the condition that they marry prostitutes and go with them to Louisiana. The newly married couples were chained together and taken to the port of embarkation. In May 1720, after complaints from the Mississippi Company and the
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After one ship was sent to France to ask for additional support, three ships were financed and prepared by the king of France and put under the command of Sieur De Bois le Comte, a nephew of Villegagnon. They were joined by 14 Calvinists from Geneva, led by
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and explored the area around the mouth of the Mississippi. He stopped between Isle-aux-Chats (now Cat Island) and Isle Surgeres (renamed Isle-aux-Vascular or Ship Island) on February 13, 1699, and continued his explorations to the mainland, with his brother
5613: 428:. The French subsequently tried to establish several colonies throughout North America that failed, due to weather, disease, or conflict with other European powers. Cartier attempted to create the first permanent European settlement in North America at 1773:(France Antarctique, in French), in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All of these settlements were in violation of the papal bull of 1493, which divided the New World between Spain and Portugal. This division was later defined more exactly by the 1170:
by drawing a map on which the Mississippi seemed much further west than its actual rate. He set up a maritime expedition with four ships and 320 emigrants, but it ended in disaster when he failed to find the Mississippi Delta and was killed in 1687.
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prayed the first mass, and the soldiers started building a fortress. An important difference in relation to France Antarctique is that this new colony was not motivated by escape from religious persecutions to Protestants (see French Wars of
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to assemble a new attack force. Estácio de Sá founded the city of Rio de Janeiro on March 1, 1565, and fought the Frenchmen for two more years. Helped by a military reinforcement sent by his uncle, on January 20, 1567, he
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made his first trip to Canada on a trade mission for fur. Although he had no formal mandate on this trip, he sketched a map of the St. Lawrence River and in writing, on his return to France, a report entitled
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These additional outbreaks of disease and a series of floods resulted in Bienville ordering that the settlement be relocated in 1711 several miles downriver to its present location at the confluence of the
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Unchallenged by the Portuguese, who initially took little notice of his landing, Villegaignon endeavoured to expand the colony by calling for more colonists in 1556. He sent one of his ships, the
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girls" recovered, numerous colonists and neighboring Native Americans contracted the disease in turn and many died. This early period was also the occasion of the importation of the first African
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The French were eager to explore North America but New France remained largely unpopulated. Due to the lack of women, intermarriages between French and Indians were frequent, giving rise to the
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on the French forces and decisively expelled them from Brazil, but died a month later from wounds inflicted in the battle. Coligny's and Villegaignon's dream had lasted a mere 12 years.
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Lower Louisiana marked in yellow; pink represents Canada. Part of Canada below the great lakes was ceded to Louisiana in 1717. Brown represents British colonies. Original map from 1719
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suddenly destroyed his fleet. On 20 September 1565 the Spaniards, commanded by Menéndez de Avilés, attacked and massacred all the Fort Caroline occupants including Jean Ribault.
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in much of eastern North America, on several Caribbean islands, and in South America. Most colonies were developed to export products such as fish, rice, sugar, and furs.
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The French first came to the New World as travelers seeking a route to the Pacific Ocean and wealth. Major French exploration of North America began under the rule of
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Arkansas Post. De Tonti's Arkansas Post would be the first European settlement in the Lower Mississippi River valley. La Salle returned to France and won over the
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concessioners about this class of French immigrants, the French government prohibited such deportations. However, there was a third shipment of prisoners in 1721.
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Despite this rapid expansion, the colony developed very slowly. The Iroquois wars and diseases were the leading causes of death in the French colony. In 1663 when
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In Weigel's map (1719) intended to promote sales of the Mississippi Company in Germany; most of the present-day United States appears under the name "Louisiana".
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brothers, the British occupied the city of Quebec and Canada from 1629 to 1632. Samuel de Champlain was taken prisoner and there followed the bankruptcy of the
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stretched to over 10,000,000 km (3,900,000 sq mi) at its peak in 1710, which was the second largest colonial empire in the world, after the
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of Newfoundland. However, at the beginning of the 17th century, France was more interested in fur from North America. The fur trading post of
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and the French were helped by numerous alliances with Native Americans, but they were usually outnumbered on the battlefield.
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settlers in an attempt to colonize the Atlantic coast and found a colony on a territory which would take the name of the
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L'épée et la plume: Amérindiens et soldats des troupes de la marine en Louisiane et au Pays d'en Haut (1683-1763)
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As they colonized the New World, the French established forts and settlements that would become such cities as
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Des sauvages, ou, Voyage de Samuel Champlain, de Brouage, fait en la France Nouuelle, l'an mil six cens trois
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off Nova Scotia in 1598 failed after a short time. In 1599, a sixteen-person trading post was established in
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arranged for ships to bring 800 more, who landed in Louisiana in 1718, doubling the European population.
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issued an act declaring that Indians converted to Catholicism were considered "natural Frenchmen" by the
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French traders and colonists tried again to settle a France Équinoxiale further North, in what is today
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A new map of the north parts of America claimed by France in 1720, according to the London cartographer
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until 1701, when the two parties agreed on peace. Then, the war against the English took over in the
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Le français des Canadiens à la veille de la conquête: témoignage du père Pierre Philippe Potier, SJ.
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The colonists soon founded a village, which was named "Saint-Louis", in honor of the French king
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was appointed to take over administration of the colony, its population had reached 400 persons.
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at various times. Islands that came under French rule during part or all of this time include
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also tried to increase the population by sending approximately 800 young women nicknamed the "
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started two years earlier, and continued until the signing of the peace treaty, the name
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From 1689 to 1713, the French settlers were faced with almost incessant war during the
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Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians: Material Culture and Race in Colonial Louisiana
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Urged by two influential Jesuit priests who had come to Brazil with Mem de Sá, named
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came to take control of it from the French Verrazzano. He would later give the names
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in Portuguese, the only Brazilian state capital founded by France. On 8 September,
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arranged for hundreds of German immigrants to move to Louisiana by ships in 1721.
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in the 16th century and continued into the following centuries as it established
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Making New France New Again: French historians rediscover their American past
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in 1713, France ceded to Britain Acadia (with a population of 1,700 people),
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France Ă©quinoxiale started in 1612, when a French expedition departed from
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on the first of three voyages to explore the coast of Newfoundland and the
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to the United States in 1803. The French and their descendants left many
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In 1608, Champlain founded a fur post that would become the city of
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delivered 23 French women to the colony; passengers had contracted
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The colony did not last long. A Portuguese army assembled in the
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from the upper and lower parts of the harbor until 1609 when the
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Political map of the Northeastern part of North America in 1664.
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The French interest in Canada focused first on fishing off the
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This irritated the Spanish who claimed Florida and opposed the
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of France, while St. Barthélemy and St. Martin each became an
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Losing a Continent: France's North American Policy, 1753-1763
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During the 17th and 18th centuries, France ruled much of the
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began exploring the Mississippi River, known to the Sioux as
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and English Newfoundland, thus promoting French interests.
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is more properly applied to the European phase of the war.
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The French colonial empire in the New World also included
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Indians of the region, who were fighting the Portuguese.
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In 1718, there were only 700 Europeans in Louisiana. The
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in the area. A small group of French troops were left on
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for a route to the Pacific Ocean. He would find parts of
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The French in early Florida: in the eye of the hurricane
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Jean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier
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was established in Texas in 1685, but was gone by 1688.
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came down the Mississippi to its Delta. They left from
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colony. The British changed the name of Fort Condé to
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and their tributaries. In 1634, the Normand explorer
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Halford, Peter Wallace, and Pierre-Philippe Potier.
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European colonization
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First wave
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Hospitaller
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Western Hemisphere
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