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New France
New France
was the area
colonized
by
France
in
North America
during a period beginning with the exploration of the
Saint Lawrence River
by
Jacques Cartier
in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to
Spain
and
Great Britain
in 1763. At its peak in 1712 (before the
Treaty of Utrecht
), the territory of
New France
, also sometimes known as the
French North American Empire
or
Royal New France
, extended from
Newfoundland
to the
Rocky Mountains
and from
Hudson Bay
to the
Gulf of Mexico
.
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