First tell us, on what occasion.
The Spanish and the French were negotiating the ownership of the Louisiana territory.
The moon waned.
The territory of the French forest is expanding steadily.
Luxemburg isn't a French territory, but an independent state.
My interest waned before the end of Act I.His enthusiasm waned when the work got hard.The teacher's energy waned after lunch.
They waned around because they sort of had to
The French had occupied the territory
The French and British fought over the Louisiana Territory.
The French settled on British territory so the war was for territory
If the Louisiana territory would have stayed under the control of the French, then the U.S. would have eventually claimed the land, but at a later point in time.
Louisiana was French territory and the 13 colonies were English.
French Polynesia is a French dependency, and so part of the French territory.