France In America Cooperative Project
Project Description
Group Assignments -- Your groups will be assigned one of the following topics:
Group 1
Exploration and Knowledge (and all subheadings)
New Maritime Routes
From the St. Lawrence to the Great Plains
Knowledge of the Territory
Knowledge of the Indians
Group 2
The Colonies
Attempts at Colonization in the 16th Century
Acadia and Canada
Louisiana
New Societies
Group 3
The Foundation of the Alliance
The Military Alliance
To "Civilize" and Convert
Cohabitation
Group 4
Imperial Struggles
France and Spain
Franco-British Rivalries
The Fall of New France
Group 5
The French after the Treaty of Paris
Participation in the American War of Independence
French Voyagers, Emigres, and Refugees in the Early Republic
Louisiana between Planned Reconquest and Abandonment