New France
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Responding to the Schenectady massacre, forces raised in New York and New England staged an invasion of New France in the following summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The role of the Five Nations as English allies was complicated because some Mohawks had already gravitated to Catholic missions in New France and supported the French.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
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 ● Dec. 20, 2022
With Native American help, the English launched successful offensives against New France.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
This estimate was very roughly corroborated two decades later by the Marquis de Denonville, governor of New France, who destroyed the annual harvest of four adjacent Haudenosaunee villages to deter future attacks.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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