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New France: Empire on the St. Lawrence
Open an American history textbook and you’ll find a familiar pattern. The story of North America is cast as a duel between Britain and its colonies, Spain as a distant foil, the Dutch making a brief cameo, and Indigenous nations appearing mainly as obstacles to be overcome. France surfaces only as a wartime antagonist in […]
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Open an American history textbook and you’ll find a familiar pattern. The story of North America is cast as a duel between Britain and its colonies, Spain as a distant foil, the Dutch making a brief cameo, and Indigenous nations…