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New France and the Wabanaki Confederacy were able to thwart New England expansion into Acadia, whose border New France defined as the Kennebec River in southern Maine. [ 117 ] [ 118 ] [ 119 ] King William's War ended in 1697, but a second war ( Queen Anne's War ) broke out in 1702.
The kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin: Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. [3]
Starting in 1627, it was the New France Company "Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France" who administered New France. Saint-Joseph (1626) Godefroy (1633) Hertel (1633) de Beauport (1634) des Jésuites (1634) La Clousterie (1634) Du Buisson (1634) La Citière (1635) de la Côte-de-Beaupré (1636) de l'Île de Montréal (1636) Île-Jésus (1636)
Talon's stay in France was only brief. On May 10, 1669, the king signed Talon's new commission to return to Canada. [38] On August 18, after an absence from New France for a year and nine months, he landed once more at Quebec. [39] During his second term as the intendant of new France, he focused on external affairs of the colony.
The Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia (Spanish: Reino de la Araucanía y de la Patagonia; French: Royaume d'Araucanie et de Patagonie), sometimes referred to as Kingdom of New France (French: Royaume de Nouvelle-France), was an unrecognized state [2] [3] declared by two ordinances on November 17, 1860 and November 20, 1860 from Antoine de Tounens, a French lawyer and adventurer, who claimed ...
The Governor General of New France was the direct representative of the king of France and was responsible for defense and diplomatic relations. The Apostolic Vicar for New France (after 1674, Bishop of New France) was in control of religious affairs, which included charity, education, hospitals and the Christianization of Amerindians.
The governor of New France was the viceroy of the King of France in North America. A French nobleman, he was appointed to govern the colonies of New France, which included Canada, Acadia and Louisiana. The residence of the Governor was at the Chateau St. Louis in the capital of Quebec City.
Louisiana [b] or French Louisiana [c] was an administrative district of New France.In 1682 the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle erected a cross near the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed the whole of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River in the name of King Louis XIV, naming it "Louisiana".