massachusetts was once part of new france.
massachusetts was once part of new france.
what american state was once part of new france?
massachusetts
timeline of new france history









































this is a list of the timelines for the history of northern new france beginning with the first exploration of north america by france through being part of the french colonial empire.









































bullet::::- beginnings to 1533 - northern region (present day canada)









































bullet::::- 1534 to 1607 - northern region (canada)









































bullet::::- 1608 to 1662 - (quebec region)









































bullet::::- 1663 to 1759 - (quebec region)









































section::::see also.









































bullet::::- acadia (new france) - northern region colony









































bullet::::- canada (new france) - northern region colony









































bullet::::- louisiana (new france) - southern region colony
timeline of new france history
african slaves in new france were a minority in relationship to both african slaves within new france and throughout all "new world" slave holdings. out of the roughly 3.8 million slaves who had been transported from western africa to the america's by the 1750s, only about 1,400 ended up in new france. similarly, african slaves were continuously outnumbered by the enslaved indigenous population that formed the majority of the forced labour force in new france. while exact figures are hard to reconstruct, an estimate of slave populations in 1759, on the eve of british conquest suggests a total of around 4000 slaves, of which around 1200 were african. it was in 1632 that the first recorded black slave, olivier le jeune, arrived in new france. it would take more than 50 years later for the next black slave to appear in records, despite strong efforts to augment the numbers of black slaves. several attempts were made throughout the history of new france to increase the number of african slaves brought to the colony to increase the available workforce. attempts to increase the economic output of mines, fisheries, and farms were frustrated by the lack of workers. there was much concern that the introduction of african enslavement in canada would be a costly economic option, citing the major differences in climate as the main reason for its possible failure. nevertheless, the governor, marquis de denonville, petitioned louis xiv in 1688 for permission to import african slaves into new france to help establish a colonial economy more closely based on that of france's caribbean colonies. in may 1689, permission was granted by the king to begin the import of black slaves. however, the number of african slaves remained quite low; colonial records show that there were only eleven african slaves in new france between 1689 and 1709. later calls to increase the importation of african slaves to new france also echoed the example of other european colonies that relied on slave labour. for example michel begon argued in 1716 that new france should try to emulate the british colonies in their use of slaves.
slavery in new france