The French built trading posts in North America. They traded with the Native Americans, goods from France, in exchange for animal furs.
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The area of North America which the French had colonized.
Britain and France fought each other over territory in North America.
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France is not located in South America. The French do have territory there.
Yes, Jacques Cartier accomplished his goal of exploring North America for France and seeking a northwest passage to Asia. He established the French claim to the territory that would become Canada and made three voyages to North America between 1534 and 1542.
France colony in North America was called New France. It spanned a large part of nowadays Canada, and a good part of the central eastern states of the US down to Louisiana.
Various Native American tribes inhabited North America, but they did not claim possession of the land, since they believed it belongs to everybody. So, the colonists were really the first people to "claim" the land.