New France

American  

noun

1. the French colonies and possessions in North America up to 1763.

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New France British  

noun

1. the former French colonies and possessions in North America, most of which were lost to England and Spain by 1763: often restricted to the French possessions in Canada

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Example Sentences

With her Algerian and Moroccan parents and humble origins as one of 11 children in a housing project, she was his emblem of diversity in a new France.

From Washington Times

But it’s central in the founding of New France — French explorer Jacques Cartier made landfall in the early 1500s and colonists settled coastal hamlets in the late 1700s.

From Seattle Times

His paternal grandfather was colonial governor of New France, which stretched from Canada through Louisiana to the sea.

From Los Angeles Times

At 44, he nurses a sweeping agenda: to build a new France at the heart of a strong and autonomous Europe, emancipated from the United States, delivered from fossil fuels, freed from the threat of a far-right takeover — a nation that punches above its weight and controls its 21st-century fate.

From New York Times

It stands on the site where Samuel de Champlain, the French colonist and navigator who founded Quebec and New France, built a chapel in 1633.

From Reuters