SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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In succeeding years Cartier ascended the St. Lawrence River as far as the Lachine Rapids, to where Montreal now stands
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In 1671, Simon François d’Aumont took possession of all the interior of the North American continent for France as an extension of New France.
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Meanwhile, the brilliant young Canadian Pierre le Moyne d’Iberville had conquered British posts, taken back Acadia and overrun Newfoundland.
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Under the Treaty of Paris, all New France east of the Mississippi, outside of New Orleans, was given to Great Britain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -New France exists today in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, two small islands off the coast of Newfoundland, which are still French possessions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The name Gallia Nova (New France) was first recorded in 1529 on a map prepared by the brother of Giovanni da Verrazano, who, in the service of France, had explored the coasts of North America in 1524 from what is now the Carolinas north to Nova Scotia.
Detailed explanation-3: -New France was a French colony in North America. By the early 1740s, France controlled what is known today as the Maritime provinces, much of modern-day Ontario and Quebec, and the Hudson Bay region. The territory also stretched from today’s Northeastern United States to the Gulf of Mexico.