French settlers
Emigrants from France
French settlers are people from France who established permanent residence in a new territory, particularly during the colonial era.
The term most often refers to those who colonized parts of North America—Quebec, Louisiana, the Caribbean—or Africa and Southeast Asia: French settlers founded New Orleans in 1718.
The phrase emphasizes origin and migration rather than subsequent generations born in the new land.
- LouisianaGulf Coast pelican state
- New FranceFrench North American colony
- Cajun musicLouisiana French folk tradition
- CanadaNorthern North American nation
- maple syrupConcentrated sap sweetener
Algeria · Caribbean islands · voyageurs · Quebec · Vietnam · mission churches · Mississippi River · plantation owners · joie de vivre · Acadiana · seigneurial system · Madagascar · Creole cuisine · Haiti · Senegal · Guadeloupe · Bay of Fundy · Martinique
- colonial figurescolonial figures, colonial officials, colonial administrators, colonial leaders, colonial governors
- Colonial LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana Purchase, colony, governors, colonial governors
- French AmericaCajun, Creole, New Orleans, Acadian, Acadiana
- LouisianansCajun, Creole, Acadian, Louis Armstrong
- New FranceAcadia, Quebec, Montreal, Acadians, St. Lawrence
- New Orleans HeritageNew Orleans, Cajuns, Creoles, Creole culture, Louisiana Purchase
French settlersindigenous peoples
Original inhabitants of lands
First Nations · Native Americans · original inhabitants · native peoples · native populations
French settlersBritish settlers
Emigrants from England's realm
English colonists · Spanish settlers · Dutch settlers · German settlers · Italian immigrants