New France
Americannoun
noun
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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
It helped the French build strong relationships with Native Americans, particularly the Algonquin-speaking tribes that populated most of New France.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
His paternal grandfather was colonial governor of New France, which stretched from Canada through Louisiana to the sea.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022
Indeed, New France, which had been founded in the early 1600s, ceased to exist.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
It was important to keep the chapel up to date, because Jordan College had no rival, either in Europe or in New France, as a center of experimental theology.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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