French colonial empire
The French colonial empire (Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward.
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French Union
The French Union (Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire français).
Free France
Political entity that claimed to be the legitimate government of France following the dissolution of the French Third Republic.
Political entity that claimed to be the legitimate government of France following the dissolution of the French Third Republic.
Free France also supported the resistance in Nazi-occupied France, known as the French Forces of the Interior, and gained strategic footholds in several French colonies in Africa.
Overseas France
Overseas France (France d'outre-mer) consists of thirteen French-administered territories outside Europe, mostly the remains of the French colonial empire that chose to remain a part of the French state under various statuses after decolonization.
French language
Romance language of the Indo-European family.
Romance language of the Indo-European family.
Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole.
French colonization of the Americas
France began colonizing the Americas in the 16th century and continued on into the following centuries as it established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere.
Liberation of France
Accomplished through diplomacy, politics and the combined military efforts of the Allied Powers, Free French forces in London and Africa, as well as the French Resistance.
Accomplished through diplomacy, politics and the combined military efforts of the Allied Powers, Free French forces in London and Africa, as well as the French Resistance.
Efforts to liberate France began in the autumn of 1940 in France's colonial empire in Africa, still in the hands of the Vichy regime.
Jules Ferry
French statesman and republican philosopher.
French statesman and republican philosopher.
Two important works are associated with his administration: the non-clerical organization of public education, and the major colonial expansion of France.
Louisiana (New France)
Administrative district of New France.
Administrative district of New France.
The earliest settlers of Upper Louisiana mostly came from French Canada, while Lower Louisiana was colonized by people from all over the French colonial empire, with various waves coming from Canada, France, and the French West Indies.
Pied-Noir
The Pieds-Noirs (, 'Black Feet'), singular Pied-Noir, are the people of French and other European descent who were born in Algeria during the period of French rule from 1830 to 1962, the vast majority of whom departed for mainland France as soon as Algeria gained independence or in the months following.
The Pieds-Noirs (, 'Black Feet'), singular Pied-Noir, are the people of French and other European descent who were born in Algeria during the period of French rule from 1830 to 1962, the vast majority of whom departed for mainland France as soon as Algeria gained independence or in the months following.
For more than a century France maintained colonial rule in Algerian territory.
French Indochina
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1947 as the Indochinese Federation, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Southeast Asia until its demise in 1954.