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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 ...
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.
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.
The French language is spoken as a minority language in the United States.Roughly 2.1 million Americans over the age of five reported speaking the language at home in a federal 2010 estimate, [1] [2] making French the fourth most-spoken language in the nation behind English, Spanish, and Chinese (when Louisiana French, Haitian Creole and all other French dialects and French-derived creoles are ...
This is a list of the colonial governors of Louisiana, from the founding of the first settlement by the French in 1699 to the territory's acquisition by the United States in 1803. The French and Spanish governors administered a territory which was much larger than the modern U.S. state of Louisiana , comprising Louisiana (New France) and ...
College and university students (2021) Rank Language Enrollments 1 Spanish: 584,453 2 French: 135,088 3 American Sign Language: 107,899 4 Japanese: 65,661
This is a list of foreign players in La Liga.The following players are included: have played at least one La Liga game for the respective club. have not been capped for the Spanish national team on any level, independently from the birthplace, except for players of Spanish formation born abroad from Spanish parents and players who have been capped for Spanish national team and also for other ...
Juan de Céspedes. Beltrán de Cetina. Gregorio de Cetina. Pedro Cieza de León. Christopher Columbus. Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (founder of Nicaragua) Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Yucatán conquistador) Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. Hernán Cortés.