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  2. French America - Wikipedia

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    French America (French: Amérique française), sometimes called Franco-America, in contrast to Anglo-America, is the French-speaking community of people and their diaspora, notably those tracing back origins to New France, the early French colonization of the Americas. The Canadian province of Quebec is the centre of the community and is the ...

  3. French Americans - Wikipedia

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    French Americans or Franco-Americans (French: Franco-américains) are citizens or nationals of the United States who identify themselves with having full or partial French or French-Canadian heritage, ethnicity and/or ancestral ties. [2][3][4] They include French-Canadian Americans, whose experience and identity differ from the broader community.

  4. French colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    t. e. France began colonizing the Americas in the 16th century and continued into the following centuries as it established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere. France established colonies in much of eastern North America, on several Caribbean islands, and in South America.

  5. History of the Franco-Americans - Wikipedia

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    The Franco-Americans, or French Americans, are a group of people of French and French-Canadian (Québécois and Acadian) descent living in the United States. Today there are 11.8 million Franco-Americans in the US and 1.6 million Franco-Americans who speak French at home. There are also an additional 450,000 Americans who speak a French-based ...

  6. French colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    The French colonial empire (French: Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the " First French colonial empire ", that existed until 1814, by which time most of it had been lost or sold ...

  7. List of French possessions and colonies - Wikipedia

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    Over 50% of the world’s borders today, were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [3] [4] [5] France began to establish colonies in North America, the Caribbean and India, following Spanish and Portuguese successes during the Age of Discovery, in rivalry with Britain. A series of wars with Britain during the 18th century and ...

  8. List of French Americans - Wikipedia

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    Franco-American Flag [citation needed]. French Americans are U.S. citizens or nationals of French descent and heritage. The majority of Franco-American families did not arrive directly from France, but rather settled French territories in the New World (primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries) before moving or being forced to move to the United States later on (see Quebec diaspora and Great ...

  9. France–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    The Statue of Liberty is a gift from the French people to the American people in memory of the United States Declaration of Independence. New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France beginning with exploration in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris ...