Canada, New France
| Canada | ||||||||||
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 New France in 1750.
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| Capital | Quebec | |||||||||
| Languages | French | |||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
| King | see list of Kings | |||||||||
| Governor | See list of Governors | |||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| • | French territorial possession | 1534 | ||||||||
| • | Founding of Quebec | 1608 | ||||||||
| • | Founding of Trois-Rivieres | 1634 | ||||||||
| • | Founding of Montreal | 1642 | ||||||||
| • | Ceded to Britain | 1763 | ||||||||
| Currency | New France livre | |||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Canada (part of Ontario, Quebec and Labrador) United States (part of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota) |
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Canada was a French colony within New France that was first claimed on 24 July 1534 by French explorer Jacques Cartier who took possession of the territory in the name of King Francis I. The word "Canada" at this point referred to the territory along the Saint Lawrence River, then known as the Canada river, from Grosse Island in the east to a point between Quebec and Three Rivers, although this territory had greatly expanded by 1600. Although 1534 marks the beginning of French claims to the territory, French explorations continued "unto the Countreys of Canada, Hochelaga, and Saguenay" before any permanent settlements were established. Even though a permanent trading post and habitation was established at Tadoussac in 1600, it was under a trade monopoly and thus not constituted as an official French colonial settlement. As a result, the first official settlement was not established within Canada until the founding of Quebec by Samuel de Champlain in 1608. The other four colonies within New France were Hudson's Bay to the north, Acadia and Newfoundland to the east, and Louisiana far to the south. Canada, the most developed colony of New France, was divided into three districts, Québec, Trois-Rivières, and Montréal, each with its own government. The governor of the District of Quebec was also the governor-general of all New France.
Although the terms "Canada" and "New France" are sometimes used interchangeably, "New France actually represents a much broader portion of North American territory than the Great Lakes-St Lawrence colony of Canada". After the Treaty of Paris of 1763, when France ceded Canada to Great Britain, the colony was renamed the Province of Quebec.
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