territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "First French colonial empire", that existed...

French colonial architecture includes several styles of architecture used by the French during colonization. Many former French colonies, especially those...

protectorates and mandates of the French Colonial Empire used distinctive colonial flags. These most commonly had a French Tricolour in the canton. As well...

Cambodia when it was a French protectorate within French Indochina, a collection of Southeast Asian protectorates within the French colonial empire. The protectorate...

Union and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954. It comprised...

Chad was a part of the French colonial empire from 1900 to 1960. Colonial rule under the French began in 1900 when the Military Territory of Chad was established...

Troupes coloniales ("Colonial Troops") or Armée coloniale ("Colonial Army"), commonly called La Coloniale, were the colonial troops of the French colonial empire...

varieties of the French language spoken traditionally by French Louisianians in colonial Lower Louisiana. As of today Louisiana French is primarily used...

including First Period English (late-medieval), Spanish Colonial, French Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian. These styles are associated with the houses...

French Algeria (French: Alger until 1839, then Algérie afterwards; unofficially Algérie française, Arabic: الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial...

From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire stretched from a total area at its peak in 1680 to over 10,000,000 km2 (3,900,000 sq mi)...

From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire stretched from a total area at its peak in 1680 to over 10,000,000 km2 (3,900,000 sq mi)...

French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal...

The French Union (French: Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system...

This article lists the colonial governors of Cameroon. It encompasses the period when the country was under colonial rule of the German Empire (as Kamerun)...

French Equatorial Africa (French: Afrique équatoriale française, or AEF) was a federation of French colonial territories in Equatorial Africa which consisted...

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was under a trade monopoly, it was not constituted as an official French colonial settlement. The first official settlement of Canada was Québec, founded...

French Guinea (French: Guinée française) was a French colonial possession in West Africa. Its borders, while changed over time, were in 1958 those of the...

component of French colonialism during the 19th and 20th centuries. The French government promoted the concept of cultural assimilation to colonial subjects...

the French colonial regime. In 1956, France's socialist government renewed the French commitment to greater autonomy in Madagascar and other colonial possessions...

The French Colonial Union (French: Union coloniale française) was a group of French merchants established for the purpose of ensuring continued French colonialism...

native populations. French troops were spread all across its empire, primarily to deal with the local population. The French colonial empire ultimately...

The French protectorate of Laos (French: Protectorat français du Laos) was a French protectorate in Southeast Asia of what is today Laos between 1893...

Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. At the start of the war, the French colonies had a population...

within the French Union. Nam Kỳ originated from the reign of Minh Mạng of the Nguyễn dynasty, but became a name associated with the French colonial period...

the colonial marines, contained the core of the military forces of New France. It was only during the French and Indian War that units from the French Royal...

The French Third Republic (French: Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4...

of French colonial policy were far from the spirit of French egalitarianism. In Mauretania and the other French territories of the Sahara, the French colonial...

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...