In Senegal in west Africa, the french began to establish trading post along the coast in 1624. In 1664, the french east India company was established
When did the territory known as New France, also sometimes known as the French North American Empire or Royal New France, become British?
Where is a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings consisting primarily of realistic images of large animals?
Who became the first President of the French Republic by popular vote in 1848, became dictator after a coup in 1851, then ruled as "Emperor of the French" from 1852 to September 1870, when he was captured in the Franco-Prussian War?