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    France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. It also includes overseas regions and territories in the Americas...
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  • The French-American Foundation is a privately funded, non-governmental organization established to promote bilateral relations between France and the...
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    The French were eager to explore North America but New France remained largely unpopulated. Due to the lack of women, intermarriages between French and...
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    New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
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    subsequent aid provided from France proved decisive in the American victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War. France, however, was left heavily...
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    Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist, former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft...
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    (born 1971), French American actress and model Charles Boyer (1899–1978), film actor, immigrant from France Elizabeth Bracco, actress with French and Italian...
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    The French colonial empire (French: Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French...
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    The national flag of France (French: drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. It is...
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    Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State (État français), was the French rump state headed by...
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    Free France (French: France libre) was a political entity claiming to be the legitimate government of France following the dissolution of the Third Republic...
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    had two French parents, 13.3% had one French parent, and 6.6% had two non-French parents. Between 2006 and 2008, about 22% of newborns in France had at...
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    Louisiana French (Louisiana French: français de la Louisiane; Louisiana Creole: françé la lwizyàn) is an umbrella term for the dialects and varieties of...
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    French Revolution and during various non-republican regimes of the 19th century, including the Restoration, the July Monarchy and the Second French Empire...
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    settlement was New France. In 1699, French territorial claims in North America expanded still further, with the foundation of Louisiana. The French presence in...
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    of the Allied Powers, Free French forces in London and Africa, as well as the French Resistance. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. Their rapid advance...
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    retrieved 12 March 2017 Official sources (in French) – the French version is the report of record. BEA (France) (2 July 2009), Accident survenu le 1er juin...
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    period of civil unrest in France, in February 1848, that led to the collapse of the July Monarchy and the foundation of the French Second Republic. It sparked...
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  • The France national football team (French: Équipe de France de football) represents France in men's international football. It is controlled by the French...
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    33722°E / 48.84833; 2.33722 The Senate (French: Sénat; pronounced [seˈna]) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the...
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    foreign nationals into the French Army. It formed part of the Armée d’Afrique, the French Army's units associated with France's colonial project in Northern...
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    French cuisine is the cooking traditions and practices from France. In the 14th century, Guillaume Tirel, a court chef known as "Taillevent", wrote Le...
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    current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic (French: la Constitution de la...
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    According to the French National Institute of Statistics INSEE, the 2021 census counted nearly 7 million immigrants (foreign-born people) in France, representing...
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    The French Resistance (French: La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy régime...
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    Second French Empire was an Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 14 January 1852 to 27 October 1870, between the Second and the Third French Republics...
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    The Quasi-War (French: Quasi-guerre) was an undeclared naval war fought from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic, primarily...
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    born in the Viceroyalty of New France. The term Louisanese (French: Louisianais) was used as a demonym for Louisiana French people prior to the establishment...
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  • The French Chef is an American television cooking show created and hosted by Julia Child, produced and broadcast by WGBH, the public television station...
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    The French Third Republic (French: Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4...
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