French Settlement (disambiguation)
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French Settlement may mean:
For description of French colonization in French Empire
For the town in Louisiana:
For description of French colonization in French Empire
- French colonial empiresFrench colonial empiresThe French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
- French colonization of the AmericasFrench colonization of the AmericasThe French colonization of the Americas began in the 16th century, and continued in the following centuries as France established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere. France founded colonies in much of eastern North America, on a number of Caribbean islands, and in South America...
- French settlement in the New World
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- New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
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- Louisiana (New France)Louisiana (New France)Louisiana or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682–1763 and 1800–03, the area was named in honor of Louis XIV, by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle...
- Canada, New FranceCanada, New FranceCanada was the name of the French colony that once stretched along the St. Lawrence River; the other colonies of New France were Acadia, Louisiana and Newfoundland. Canada, the most developed colony of New France, was divided into three districts, each with its own government: Quebec,...
- AcadiaAcadiaAcadia was the name given to lands in a portion of the French colonial empire of New France, in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day Maine. At the end of the 16th century, France claimed territory stretching as far south as...
- Illinois CountryIllinois CountryThe Illinois Country , also known as Upper Louisiana, was a region in what is now the Midwestern United States that was explored and settled by the French during the 17th and 18th centuries. The terms referred to the entire Upper Mississippi River watershed, though settlement was concentrated in...
- Louisiana (New France)
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For the town in Louisiana:
- French Settlement, LouisianaFrench Settlement, LouisianaFrench Settlement is a village in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 945 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
- French settlement in Louisiana
See also
- French Quarter (disambiguation)French Quarter (disambiguation)The French Quarter is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.French Quarter may also refer to:* French Quarter * Belden Place, sometimes called the French Quarter of San Francisco...
- French Concession
- FrenchtownFrenchtownFrenchtown may refer to:In the United States:* Frenchtown, California ** Frenchtown, El Dorado County, California** Frenchtown, Yuba County, California* Frenchtown , a section of the city of Tallahassee, Florida...