2. First French Colonial Empire France’s Empire began in 1605 when they settled in Canada In 1608 France formed the city Quebec which is now the capital of Canada While in Canada France was very big into the fur trading company and sent furs over to Europe to sell The French gained an alliance with the Indians in Canada for trading unlike the Spanish who used them as slaves and England who took their land
3. France lost one of their major lands of Canada, Acadia, to the British in 1713 when Britain moved north In 1699 France traveled south and claimed Louisiana which had the Great Lakes they used for traveling In 1664 France took over Haiti which grew to be the richest sugar colony in the Caribbean
