New France a permanent benefit to the French. New France New France () was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris (1763). At its peak in 1712 (before the Treaty of Utrecht), the territory of "New France", also sometimes known as the "French North American Empire" or "Royal New France", consisted of five colonies, each with its own administration: Canada, the most developed
Pascal (given name) Pascal (given name) Pascal is a common masculine Francophone given name, cognate of Italian name Pasquale, Spanish name Pascual, Catalan name Pasqual. "Pascal" is common in French-speaking countries, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Derived feminine forms include "Pascale", "Pascalle" or "Pascalina". Pascal is also common as a surname in France, and in Italy (in Piedmont, Aosta Valley and, as "De Pascal", in Friuli-Venezia Giulia). Pascal derives from the Latin "paschalis" or "pashalis", which means "relating to Easter", from the Latin term for "Easter", "pascha", Greek Πάσχα, from the Aramaic "pasḥā" (Hebrew "pesach") "Passover" (since the Hebrew holiday Passover coincides closely