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  2. Voyageurs - Wikipedia

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    Voyageurs. Voyageurs ( French: [vwajaʒœʁ] ⓘ; lit. 'travellers') were 18th- and 19th-century French and later French Canadians and others who transported furs by canoe at the peak of the North American fur trade. The emblematic meaning of the term applies to places ( New France, including the Pays d'en Haut and the Pays des Illinois) and ...

  3. New France - Wikipedia

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    Canada. United States. Saint Pierre and Miquelon [ c] New France ( French: Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris .

  4. Spanish Canadians - Wikipedia

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    Italians. Portuguese. Spanish Canadians ( Spanish: Español-canadienses) are Canadians of full or partial Spanish heritage or people who hold a European Union citizenship from Spain as well as one from Canada. They likely also include many Canadians of Latin-American ethnic origin who use the term "Spanish" as a panethnic ethnonym rather than ...

  5. Conquest of New France - Wikipedia

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    Marquis de Vaudreuil. The conquest of New France (French: La Conquête ) – the military conquest of New France by Great Britain during the Seven Years' War of 1756–1763 – started with a British campaign in 1758 and ended with the region being put under a British military regime between 1760 and 1763. Britain's acquisition of Canada became ...

  6. Territorial evolution of North America since 1763 - Wikipedia

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    Territorial evolution of North America of non- native nation states from 1750 to 2008. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the major war known by Americans as the French and Indian War and by Canadians as the Seven Years' War / Guerre de Sept Ans, or by French-Canadians, La Guerre de la Conquête. It was signed by Great Britain, France and Spain ...

  7. Montreal campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Montreal campaign, also known as the fall of Montreal, was a British three-pronged offensive against Montreal which took place from July 2 to 8 September 1760 during the French and Indian War as part of the global Seven Years' War. The campaign, pitted against an outnumbered and outsupplied French army, led to the capitulation and ...

  8. History of Quebec French - Wikipedia

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    On September 13, 1759, Quebec City, then the political capital of New France, was taken by the British Army. New France fell a year later. According to the terms of 1760 Articles of Capitulation of Montreal, the French Army was to leave the conquered territory. The ruling elite (French nobles and leading merchants) also left.

  9. Canada–France relations - Wikipedia

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    Canada–France relations. The diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic are friendly, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn account for about 22 percent of the country's total population.

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