Ep 300: Whatever Happened To New France? — Exploration, Land Claims, Wars, and Sales

Rafe looks into the question of Whatever happened to all the land that France used to hold in North America?In 1750, France held massive quantities of land in what is now the USA and Canada.  From the Gulf to the Great Lakes, from the Appalacians to the Rockies, and from throughout the St Lawrence River, the French flag had laid claim to approximately a third of North America.  And less than 35 years later, it was all gone.  And then Napolean got back a good swath of in in 1803 but then sold it to the USA for $15,000,000 just three weeks later.Where did it go?#newfrance #quebec #colonialamerica #bufnagle #frenchandindianwars #greatbritain #iriquois #stlawrenceriver #louisianapurchase #itisyoursifyoucankeepit*****As always, you can reach the Buf at [email protected]*****As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee:https://buymeacoffee.com/bufnagleOn this page, you can do a really nice thing like send us a couple dollars to help cover the cost of recording and hosting and microphones and research and all that.  Any little bit really helps!  Thank you in advance!!!