| In 1524, Verranzono considered New France everything
from Florida to Nova Scotia. In the early 1600s, New France consisted
of Acadia and the St. Lawrence Valley. By the end of the century,
France not only claimed the today's eastern Canadian area, but also the
Louisiana territory. Beginning with Iberville there was an exchange
of leaders, soldiers, etc. from Canada to Louisiana. Canada had been
settled for decades before the first settlers built a home in Louisiana.
So naturally France used some of its resources in Canada to found Louisiana.
Many of those early settlers in Louisiana probably had originally gone
to Canada. As the 18th century progressed, there was a certain amount
of immigration from Canada to Louisiana ... probably becoming minimal once
Louisiana became Spanish territory in the 1760s.
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