Este artículo trata sobre el virreinato colonial establecido por el Reino de Francia. Para el estado no reconocido proclamado por Orelie Antoine de Tounens, véase
Reino de Nueva Francia.
El virreinato de Nueva Francia (en francés: Vice-royauté de Nouvelle-France), comúnmente conocido como Nueva Francia (Nouvelle-France), fue la entidad territorial del Imperio colonial francés que comprendía todas las colonias francesas de Norteamérica, desde la desembocadura del río San Lorenzo hasta el delta del Misisipi, pasando por el territorio del valle del Ohio.
Existió durante buena parte de los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII y constituía la principal colonia francesa en esta época. Su existencia se puede enmarcar en el período que se extiende desde la exploración del río San Lorenzo por Jacques Cartier en 1534 hasta la cesión de estos territorios a Gran Bretaña y a España tras el Tratado de París de 1763. Desde esa fecha, San Pedro y Miquelón es el único territorio francés en América del Norte, como último vestigio de Nueva Francia.[8]
- ↑ «Western colonialism - European expansion since 1763». Encyclopedia Britannica. Consultado el 20 de agosto de 2021.
- ↑ Havard, Vidal, Histoire de l'Amérique française, Flammarion, 2003, p. 67.
- ↑ The Governor General of Canada (12 November 2020). «Royal Banner of France - Heritage Emblem». Confirmation of the blazon of a Flag. February 15, 2008 Vol. V, p. 202. The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.
- ↑ New York State Historical Association (1915). Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association with the Quarterly Journal: 2nd-21st Annual Meeting with a List of New Members. The Association. «It is most probable that the Bourbon Flag was used during the greater part of the occupancy of the French in the region extending southwest from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi, known as New France... The French flag was probably blue at that time with three golden fleur - de - lis ....»
- ↑ «Background: The First National Flags». The Canadian Encyclopedia. 28 November 2019. Consultado el 1 March 2021. «At the time of New France (1534 to the 1760s), two flags could be viewed as having national status. The first was the banner of France — a blue square flag bearing three gold fleurs-de-lys. It was flown above fortifications in the early years of the colony. For instance, it was flown above the lodgings of Pierre Du Gua de Monts at Île Sainte-Croix in 1604. There is some evidence that the banner also flew above Samuel de Champlain’s habitation in 1608. ... the completely white flag of the French Royal Navy was flown from ships, forts and sometimes at land-claiming ceremonies.»
- ↑ «INQUINTE.CA | CANADA 150 Years of History ~ The story behind the flag». inquinte.ca. «When Canada was settled as part of France and dubbed "New France," two flags gained national status. One was the Royal Banner of France. This featured a blue background with three gold fleurs-de-lis. A white flag of the French Royal Navy was also flown from ships and forts and sometimes flown at land-claiming ceremonies.»
- ↑ Wallace, W. Stewart (1948). «Flag of New France». The Encyclopedia of Canada II. Toronto: University Associates of Canada. pp. 350-351. «During the French régime in Canada, there does not appear to have been any French national flag in the modern sense of the term. The "Banner of France", which was composed of fleur-de-lys on a blue field, came nearest to being a national flag, since it was carried before the king when he marched to battle, and thus in some sense symbolized the kingdom of France. During the later period of French rule, it would seem that the emblem...was a flag showing the fleur-de-lys on a white ground... as seen in Florida. There were, however, 68 flags authorized for various services by Louis XIV in 1661; and a number of these were doubtless used in New France».
- ↑ «Saint Pierre and Miquelon», The World Factbook (en inglés) (Central Intelligence Agency), 10 de enero de 2023, consultado el 8 de febrero de 2023 .
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