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
The Company of New France, a joint stock company much like the Virginia Company and the Dutch West India Company, led the early French colonization efforts in North America and helped fund settlements.
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
The French were primarily interested in establishing commercially viable colonial outposts, and to that end, they created extensive trading networks in New France.
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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