Jacques Cartier

Terms in this set (18) the land that the French reached and claimed in 1534 along the St. Lawrence River. the trading post founded by Samuel de Champlain, along the St. Lawrence River; the first permanent French Settlement in North America.

French mariner Jacques Cartier was the first European to navigate the St. Lawrence River, and his explorations of the river and the Atlantic coast of Canada, on three expeditions from 1534 to 1542, laid the basis for later French claims to North America. Cartier is also credited with naming Canada.

Samuel de Champlain

To what areas of North America had the French laid claim by 1750? By the mid-seventeenth century, the French Empire in America comprised a vast territory and laid claim to the whole continental interior. The English offered the natives much more plentiful goods, but the French offered them TOLERANCE.

Common Questions About the Dutch in America Many of the Dutch immigrated to America to escape religious persecution. They were known for trading, particularly fur, which they obtained from the Native Americans in exchange for weapons.

Introduction. France started colonizing West Africa early and most of those countries only became independent in the 20th century. The main goal of colonizing West Africa was that they wanted to turn West African countries into a “French-state”. The French colonization changed the African culture.

France has been holding the national reserves of fourteen african countries since 1961: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Since 1929, the size of the French empire has shrunk dramatically. But like other European colonial powers, the French empire never disappeared entirely. Today, you can find the vestiges of the French Empire in islands and territories located around the world.

The French Constitution of 27 October 1946 (Fourth Republic), established the French Union which endured until 1958. Newer remnants of the colonial empire were integrated into France as overseas departments and territories within the French Republic.

The Mongol Empire

Collapse of the empire The French colonial empire began to fall apart during the Second World War, when various parts of their empire were occupied by foreign powers (Japan in Indochina, Britain in Syria and Lebanon, the US and Britain in Morocco and Algeria, Germany in Tunisia).

It lasted from 18 May 1804 to 11 April 1814 and again briefly from 20 March 1815 to 7 July 1815. Although France had already established a colonial empire overseas since the early 17th century, the French state had remained a kingdom under the Bourbons and a republic after the French Revolution.

The Wars of Religion crippled France in the late 16th century, but a major victory over Spain in the Thirty Years’ War made France the most powerful nation on the continent once more.

Toussaint-Louverture

Although it stimulated manufacturing in some parts of France, the system damaged regions dependent on overseas commerce. Because the British had an overwhelming superiority at sea, though, enforcing the system proved disastrous for Napoleon.

Bonaparte eased a number of restrictions at one point, in order to try to ease some of the shortages. This worked for a time but benefited the U.K. much more than it did France and so he tightened things up again. After a time, Russia refused to remain in the Continental System.

The break-up The problem was that Russia could not survive without British trade – indeed her finances were already severely stretched after Friedland – hence Alexander’s ukase of 1810 easing the continental system and allowing Russia more import flexibility.

The Continental System was Napoleon’s strategy to weaken Britain’s economy by banning trade between Britain and states occupied by or allied with France, which proved largely ineffective and eventually led to Napoleon’s fall.

Napoleon wanted to hobble the British economy and give France a chance to build up its own manufacturing and industry. The Continental System began in 1806 with Napoleon’s Berlin Decree, which banned British ships from entering European ports.

Throughout the years of 1806 – 1814, a number of factors coalesced to result in Napoleon’s downfall. Significant causes of his downfall included the Continental Blockade, the Peninsular War, the Russian Campaign, and the direct role of Britain.

The continental invaders were generally called ‘Saxons’ by their neighbours. England is still called ‘Sasana’ in Gaelic, and its inhabitants are ‘Sassenachs’.

Britain had low defense, lots of arable land and minerals, and lots of wealth. The perfect target for anyone who wants to raid, invade, trade, or lay claim. The Saxons/ Angles were most likely pushed out of their homeland by the Danes and/or climate change though if it was a mass migration.

Saxons were more civilized and peace loving than the Vikings. Saxons were Christians while Vikings were Pagans. Vikings were seafaring people while the Saxons were farmers. Vikings had tribal chiefs while Saxons had lords.

Germanic peoples

However, it is hard to distinguish Vikings from the Saxons and Normans whom they fought. They were all North Germanic/Scandinavian tribes. Although all Scandinavian Viking tribes shared a very similar language and culture, it is possible to distinguish their destinations in terms of today’s national groupings.

A RACISM row has erupted over the phrase “Anglo-Saxon” after historians called for a ban on its use. Canadian academic Dr Mary Rambaran-Olm said the term was “bound up with white supremacy” and should be replaced with “early English”.

The Anglo-Saxons take control In 954, the Anglo-Saxons drove out Eric Bloodaxe, the last Viking king of Jorvik. Later, when Eric was killed in battle, the Vikings agreed to be ruled by England’s king.