Colonialism: The Rise Of The French Colonial Empire In North America

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Colonialism is the term that describes a system of control by a country over an area outside of its borders. At the beginning of 17th Century, France controlled Acadia along the Atlantic coast, which symbolized the establishment of New France, the French colonial empire in North America. At its height in 1700s, New France included Acadia, Canada, and Louisiana. However, in the Seven Years War in Canada and Europe during 1756-1763, France lost its territory of Canada and part of Louisiana to Britain. In 1803, France sold the rest of its territories in North America to United States. A second French colonial empire started when Louis Philippe, king of France, controlled Algeria in 1830. In 1870, Napoleon III seized Cochin China and added more
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