French colonial empire

French colonial empire Empire colonial français
1534–1980[1][2]
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French colonial empire
Status	French colonial empire
Caipital	Paris
• Upper house	Bourbon Bonaparte
History
• Cartier claimed Gaspé Bay	1534
• Sale o Louisiana	1803
• Conquest o Algerie	1830–1852
• French Union	1946
• French Commonty	1958
• Unthirldom o Vanuatu	1980[1][2]
Aurie
1680 (first colonial empire peak)[3]	10,000,000 km2 (3,900,000 sq mi)
1939 (seicont colonial empire peak)[4]	13,500,000 km2 (5,200,000 sq mi)
1534-1980	24,000,000 km2 (9,300,000 sq mi)
Currency	Franc an various ither currencies
Succeedit bi Owerseas Fraunce

The French colonial empire constitutit the owerseas colonies, pertectorates an mandate territories that came unner French rule frae the 16t century onwart.

1. ↑ Robert Aldrich, Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion (1996) p 304
2. ↑ Melvin E. Page, ed. (2003). Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 218.CS1 maint: extra text: authors leet (link)
3. ↑ Rein Taagepera (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia". International Studies Quarterly. 41 (3): 501. doi:10.1111/0020-8833.00053. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
4. ↑ Rein Taagepera (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia". International Studies Quarterly. 41 (3): 502. doi:10.1111/0020-8833.00053. Retrieved 16 September 2016.