In the Treaty of Paris France ceded Canada to Britain and the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, to Spain. Spain gave up its claim to Florida. Shortly after the Treaty, King George issued a ...

This is the first in a weekly series to be featured every Saturday in The Recorder over the next on the founding of this ...

While their images might not be immortalized on dollar bills or their stories ingrained into every high school syllabus, these lesser-known figures nonetheless played critical roles in the shaping of ...

Many places in Michigan, including cities and streets, have French-origin names, a remnant of the state's past. Here's what to know.

Cambridge and Eighth streets close to cars Sunday as East Cambridge hosts Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain, a competition that celebrates French bread-baking traditions. But there are many ways French ...

This Perspective presents an overview of the archaeology of pluralistic colonies (approximately late 1500s–1800s) in North America. It complements the other special feature papers in this issue on ...

Father Jacques Marquette, the man who gave Marquette its name, made an incredible mark not only on the Upper Peninsula, but throughout North America as well. The French Jesuit Missionary built an ...

The head of auto supplier Bosch's North American operations called for trade policy stability and revealed mobility priorities in a wide-ranging briefing Wednesday ...

250 years after saving America’s bacon, French have little taste for what Trump dishes out A crescent moon sets behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City on May 1.

In “Shots Heard Round the World,” John Ferling argues that substantial – and secret – aid from France helped the colonists triumph over Britain.

Caught on camera: French cinema finally reckons with its colonial past In recent years, a new generation of filmmakers has emerged to bring stories linked with colonialism to the screen.

Something very strange appears to be happening deep, deep beneath the Midwest and Ohio Valley. North America’s geological core has persisted for billions of years—it’s what scientists call a ...