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Events relating to the french empire
Rival Dutch, English and French colonies are established in Guiana, the northeast coast of south America
The French build a trading station on the estuary of the Senegal river in west Africa
Louis XIV grants New France the status of a royal province and greatly increases the flow of colonists to north America
The Jesuits establish a mission at Sault Sainte Marie which becomes the starting point for French exploration south of the Great Lakes
Robert de La Salle makes his first exploration of the Ohio valley, providing the basis for France's later claim to the area
Robert de la Salle travels down the Mississippi to its mouth and claims the entire region for France, naming it Louisiana
France by now has six fortified trading settlements around the coast of India, of which Pondicherry is the most important
In the Treaty of Rijswijk, Spain cedes the western half of Hispaniola to France, which names its new colony Saint-Domingue
New England militiamen achieve an unexpected success in capturing the fortress of Louisbourg from the French
A French official travels down the Ohio valley, placing markers to claim it for France
Robert Clive prevails over the French after holding out during the seven-week siege of Arcot in southern India
The French seize or evict every English-speaking trader in the region of the upper Ohio
George Washington undertakes a difficult and ineffectual journey to persuade the French to withdraw from the Ohio valley
George Washington kills ten French troops at Fort Duquesne, in the first violent clash of the French and Indian war
The British colonies negotiate with the Iroquois at the Albany Congress, in the face of the French threat in the Ohio valley
A British force under Edward Braddock lands in America to provide support against the French in the Ohio valley
The army led by Edward Braddock and George Washington is ambushed at Fort Duquesne and Braddock is killed
The French in America, under the marquis of Montcalm, begin two highly successful years of campaigning against the British
British general James Wolfe sails up the St Lawrence river with 15,000 men to besiege Quebec
Wolfe defeats Montcalm and captures Quebec, but both commanders die in the engagement
In the treaty of Paris France cedes to Britain all its territory north of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi river, except the district of New Orleans
A French expedition from St Malo, founding a colony on East Falkland, name the islands Les Îsles Malouines
Toussaint L'Ouverture, a former slave, joins a Spanish force invading the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti)
Toussaint L'Ouverture emerges as the leader of Saint-Domingue, ruling without French colonial control
Toussaint L'Ouverture invades the neighbouring Spanish colony of Santo Domingo, and becomes ruler of of the whole island of Hispaniola
