New France (
French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area
colonized by
France in northeastern North America during a period extending from the explorations by
Jacques Cartier in
1534 to the loss of the last of the territories to
Great Britain in
1763.
The territory included the Saint Lawrence River and Mississippi River valleys and Acadia.
There were six Bishops of New France.
See also: French colonization of the Americas, French colonial empire
