9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook French fact n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Canada) the presence of French Canada as a distinct cultural force within the Confederation Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition...
(1763), which awarded French holdings to Great Britain and Spain. At its greatest extent it included much of southeast Canada, the Great Lakes region, and the Mississippi Valley. British and French rivalry for control of the territory led to the four conflicts known as the French and Indian ...
Meanwhile, hundreds of rescuers, firefighters and police have been sent to the territory from France and Reunion, the Associated Press reported. Cyclones, also known as typhoons and called hurricanes in North America, are enormous heat engines of wind and rain that feed on warm ocean water and ...
An overseas territory of France, French Polynesia's 118 islands and atolls are grouped into 5 archipelagos (group of islands) scattered across some 3,200 kilometers (2,000 miles) in the South Pacific Ocean midway between South America and Australia. The islands have a total land area of 4...
Firstly, a short history of the linguistic situation in Canada will be provided, followed by an analysis of the status of the French language in the various constitutional acts which affected the governing and the use of the French language in the territory known as Qu...
North American and Caribbean French Speaking Countries Canada is the only North American French-speaking country, however, there is also a form of the language that still exists in the state of Louisiana in the United States. Louisiana began as a French territory in the 1600s and due to the...
The age of European overseas conquest had left Britain and France with territory in North America. Britain had the ‘Thirteen Colonies’, plus Nova Scotia, while France ruled a vast area named ‘New France’. Both had frontiers which pushed against each other. There had been several wars ...
region of western Africa bordering on the Atlantic from Gambia (on the north) to Angola (on the south) 2 or formerly French Guinea republic in western Africa bordering on the Atlantic; formerly a territory of French West Africa; capital Conakry area 94,926 square miles (245,857 square kilo...
In 1674 he was made bishop of Quebec. The newly created diocese of Quebec, which included all French territory in North America, was placed under the direct supervision of Rome. In 1684 Laval, suffering from ill health, left Quebec and presented his resignation to the court, which reluctantly...
The French and Indian War was caused by conflicting British and French goals to expand their territory in North America. The 13 British colonies on the East Coast were bordered by a territory known as New France. The border between each existing territory was ill-defined, and there were some...