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French colonization of the Americas

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Explorers and settlers from France settled in what is now Canada, the Mississipi Valley and along the Gulf coast in what is now Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana founding the cities of Quebec, Montreal, St. Louis, Missouri, Mobile, Alabama, Biloxi, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

The French were very interested in the fur trade and purchased fur from and formed alliances with Native American tribes such as the Huron and Ottawa. They actively engaged in warfare with the traditonal enemies of the Hurons and Ottawas, the Iroquois.

See European colonization of the Americas.

Further reading

  • The French Founders of North America and Their Heritage, Sabra Holbrook, Atheneum, New York, 1976, hardback, ISBN: 0-689-30490-0
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