New France
Jan 02, 2016
New France
New France
The 8th of November 2006
English Courses
• A French America
TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS
• New France (1608-1763)
• Nowadays
• Memory fades in history.
A FRENCH AMERICAA FRENCH AMERICA
• Some clues.
French language, pop music, twinning of cities.
Few facts in school books, defeats, distance, French people did not immigrate.
• Great discoveries.
NEW FRANCE (1608-1763)NEW FRANCE (1608-1763)
• The territory.
The « brown » gold, cultural shock and social life, New France, Illinois and Louisiana.
1492 Columbus, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, the North-West passage.
• French and Indian War.
NEW FRANCE (1608-1763)NEW FRANCE (1608-1763)
1663 royal and catholic colony
Four major conflicts VS England
The dismembered colony
1759 Montcalm defeated but a brave soldier
• Legacy of history.
NOWADAYSNOWADAYS
• Remains in France.
Brittany and Charente, lands of immigration, Canadian culture ministry deeply involved.
Quebec, heart of French America, but also US with Louisiana and toponymy.
• Politics and culture.
NOWADAYSNOWADAYS
Independence of Quebec, music and food.