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  2. France–Republic of Texas relations - Wikipedia

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    France – Republic of Texas relations refers to the historical foreign relations between the Republic of Texas and France. Relations began in September 1839 when France appointed Alponse Dubois de Saligny to serve as chargé d'affaires. Relations officially ceased upon annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845. [citation needed]

  3. French colonization of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The United States insisted that its purchase included all of the territory France had claimed, including all of Texas. [51] The dispute was not resolved until the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, in which Spain ceded Florida to the United States in return for the United States' relinquishing its claim on Texas.

  4. Bordeaux - Wikipedia

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    The Bordeaux Metropolis, with a population of 819,604 at the January 2020 census, [9] is the fifth most populated metropolitan council in France after those of Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Lille. Bordeaux is a world capital of wine: [ 10 ] many châteaux and vineyards stand on the hillsides of the Gironde , and the city is home to the world's ...

  5. Texas Legation - Wikipedia

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    A Texas Legation was maintained by the Republic of Texas in Washington, D.C.; London; and Paris (1 Place Vendôme) from 1836 through 1845. In a bid to protect itself from almost certain invasion by forces from neighboring Mexico , the Texas government sought to foster international ties and so opened the Texas Legations in London and Paris.

  6. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Ste. Genevieve (named after Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris) Ste. Genevieve County (named after Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris) Terre du Lac; Theabeau; Valles Mines (named after François Vallé, a French-Canadian who established lead mines there in the 18th century) Versailles (named after the Palace of Versailles) Vichy (named ...

  7. Outline of France - Wikipedia

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    Foreign relations of France; Foreign policy of François Mitterrand; France is a nuclear power; France–Africa relations; France–Americas relations; France–Asia relations; Evolution of the French Empire; French colonial empire; French colonisation of the Americas; International relations, 1648–1814; International relations (1814–1919 ...

  8. Paris, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Congress established the new county on December 17, 1840, and named it after Mirabeau B. Lamar, [5] who was the first vice president and the second president of the Republic of Texas. Paris, Texas in 1885. Lamar County was one of the 18 Texas counties that voted against secession on February 23, 1861. [6]

  9. Foreign relations of the Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

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    France began the steps toward official recognition of Texas on September 25, 1839. In 1841 the French opened a legation in Austin , and Texas opened an embassy in Paris . [ 6 ] A legation is the equivalent of an embassy, but in that era monarchies sent only legations to republics, with embassies only being sent to other monarchies.