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FRANCO-AMERICA EVOLUTION
OF FRENCH AMERICA Today,
French America is more often referred to as French-speaking America, or
simply, Franco-America. Even though the cultural gap between European and
North American Francophones has
widened thus forging new identities, it is true to say that strong ties still
exist between France and its old pre-French Revolution colonies of North
America! As
a UNESCO World Heritage site, Old
Québec is the #1 historic district to examine many milestones of the history of
Franco-America. Our Historical Walking Tour will provide an insightful
picture of the personalities, places and events that shaped this fascinating history. Some of the more salient themes are: ·
The European
powers and their territorial claims in the New World ·
Birth of
Acadia (Atlantic coast), Canada (St. Lawrence River watershed), and Louisiana
(Mississippi River watershed) ·
Fear of
French Louisiana expansion: Spanish Missions in Texas · Continental explorations : fur trading, coureurs des bois, voyageurs, and birth
of the Métis nation ·
Fear of
French claims over the Ohio: Washington and the Jumonville affair ·
Exodus of
French population and failed assimilation: Acadians and Cajuns ·
Conquest
and peace treaty: French Canadians become British subjects ·
Québec
Act: London tolerates Catholicism in recently conquered French Canada ·
French
Canadians refuse to join the American Revolutionary War ·
France and
the Americans form an alliance: the Battle of Saratoga, NY, a turning point
in the American Revolutionary War ·
French
heroes in Yorktown, VA: Lafayette, Rochambeau and De Grasse ·
Catholic
French Canada: a refuge for Protestant American Loyalists ·
Napoleon
Bonaparte’s influence on North America’s destiny: boom in
Canadian economy, U.S. expansion and Mexican independence ·
French
Canadians in the Lewis and Clark expedition through the Louisiana Territory ·
Catholic
and Protestant Canadians ally against the British: “Sons of
Liberty” and “No more taxation without representation”...
·
Catholic
and Protestant Canadians on the road to independence: common fear of American
Civil War aftermaths and haste to thwart the Manifest Destiny ·
France
fails to recover influence in America: 5 de Mayo and French Empire of Mexico ·
Exodus of
French Canadians to New England’s mills: the Franco-American culture ·
Paris
architecture in Mexico City: President Diaz’s dream to remodel his
capital city ·
French and
English Canada in the 20th century: two cultures, two political
solitudes ·
Québec’s
Quiet Revolution reshapes French-speaking Canada ·
Québec
today: social and political challenges in the only French-speaking province
of Canada; concerns about cultural assimilation in bilingual and
multicultural Canada |
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