French Colonial Empire Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
set of territories that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s
About French Colonial Empire
Gentlemen, we must speak louder and truer! We must say openly that indeed the higher races have a right over the lower races.... I repeat, that the superior races have a right because they have a duty. They have the duty to civilize the inferior races. —Jules Ferry, former prime minister of France, addressing Parliament in 1884. The wordempiretraditionally describes a state ruled by an emperor (with claims to succeed theRoman Empire); a title possessed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Napoleon III. In a more general sense, the French Empire described France's colonies and dominions overseas. France's colonial history can be divided into two periods. The first French colonial empire consisted mainly of possessions in the Americas, both on the North American continent and in the Caribbean archipela
French Colonial Empire Travel Guide Sections
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