Where did colonists from France settle in North America?

Answer 1

Samuel de Champlain, the "father of new France", founded the first permanent french colony at Quebec in (1609) and explore northern new york state.

Answer 2

France colonized a very large stretch of land in the sixteenth century stretching around the northern and northwestern parts of the British thirteen colonies to all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Much of this territory was sold to the United States of America with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

Answer 3

The territory of New France extended from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, west of the Appalachian Mountains. It consisted of five colonies: Canada, Acadia, Hudson Bay, Plaisance (Newfoundland) and Louisiana.