Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632)
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The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was signed on March 29, 1632. It returned New France
(Quebec
, Acadia
and Cape Breton Island
) to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. It also provided France with compensation for goods seized during the capture of New France.
New France
New 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...
(Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Acadia
Acadia
Acadia 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...
and Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
) to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. It also provided France with compensation for goods seized during the capture of New France.