French Americans
Francophone U.S. residents
French Americans are Americans of French descent, or French people who have immigrated to the United States.
The term encompasses a wide range of backgrounds—descendants of colonial settlers, Cajuns in Louisiana, French Canadians who moved south, and recent immigrants from France: French Americans have influenced American cuisine, architecture, and culture, particularly in New Orleans.
- New OrleansLouisiana's largest city
- FrancophoneFrench language user
- Louisiana Purchase1803 territorial acquisition
- HuguenotsFrench Reformed Christians
- AcadianFrench colonial Maritime settler
bilingualism · joie de vivre · Mardi Gras · Catholicism · Cajun · genealogy · Creole · fleur de lis · wine-making · culinary arts · pain au chocolat · Impressionism · haute couture · Ellis Island · beignets · café au lait · assimilation · Normandy
French AmericansAnglo-Americans
Americans from British stock
German Americans · Irish Americans · Italian Americans · Chinese Americans · Mexican Americans
French AmericansCajuns
Louisiana's French-descended ethnic group
Acadians · French Canadians · Québécois · Parisians · Franco-Americans
French, Americans, France, Frenchman, Frenchmen, Frenchwoman, Frenchwomen, America, American