THE STORY OF FRENCH AMERICA

A CONTINENT AT STAKE

Beginning in the 1490s, Western European powers – England, Spain and France – conquered, explored and claimed territories in the New World.

Three centuries later, in the wake of the Age of Enlightenment, the English and Spanish colonies of North America won their independence:

· The 13 British Colonies became the United States of America!

· The northern part of Nueva España became the Estados unidos mexicanos, that is, México!

Nouvelle-France faced a different destiny.

Through Franco-English conflicts and peace treaties, Louisiane was ceded to Spain, then back to France and later purchased by the Americans. As a result, many Cajuns and Creoles born in America lost the language of their ancestors.

Unlike Louisiane, French Acadie and Canada became British territories. Despite this, Samuel de Champlain’s dream of a durable French presence would go on in the St. Lawrence Valley, cradle of Canada and heart of French-speaking America.

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