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By the early 1700s, the New France settlers were well established along the Saint Lawrence River and Acadian Peninsula with a population around 15,000-16,000. [22] The first population figures for Acadia are from 1671, which enumerated only 450 people. [23] After the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, New France began to prosper.
From a numerical point of view, New France had always been at disadvantage when compared to the more populous thirteen American colonies of British America.When the hostilities began, New France could only claim a population of approximately 80,000 white inhabitants, 55,000 of whom lived in Canada.
In 1663 when Louis XIV provided the Royal Government, the population of New France was only 2,500 European inhabitants. That year, to increase the population, Louis XIV sent between 800 and 900 'King's Daughters' to become the wives of French settlers. The population of New France reached subsequently 7,000 in 1674 and 15,000 in 1689. [20] [21]
The Statue of Liberty is a gift from the French people to the American people in memory of the United States Declaration of Independence.. New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France beginning with exploration in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.
This is a list of the timelines for the history of northern New France beginning with the first exploration of North America by France through being part of the French colonial empire. Beginnings to 1533 - northern region (present day Canada) 1534 to 1607 - northern region (Canada) 1608 to 1662 - (Quebec region) 1663 to 1759 - (Quebec region)
After Champlain's founding of Quebec City in 1608, it became the capital of New France. Encouraging settlement was difficult, and while some immigration did occur, by 1763 New France only had a population of some 65,000. [133] In 1787, there were 30,000 white colonists on France's colony of Saint-Domingue.
As the Iraq War progressed, and opposition to the Iraq War amongst Americans increased, relations between the two nations began to improve, and Americans' views of France in general also steadily improved over time. In June 2006 the Pew Global Attitudes Project revealed that 52% of Americans had a positive view of France, up from 46% in 2005. [129]
Louisiana (New France) (1672–1764) French Guiana (1763–present) French West Indies Fort Lachine in New France, 1689; Saint-Domingue (1659–1804, now Haiti) Tobago; Virgin Islands; France Antarctique (1555–1567) Equinoctial France (1612–1615) French Florida (1562–1565) Present-day Dominican Republic (1795–1809) Present-day Suriname