New France

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1534 – 1763 · up to 249 thousand km² · Americas

Capital: Quebec City

New France was the territory colonized by France in mainland 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.

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Successors: Acadia

Events on its territory

• 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham