Answer:
The areas that were settled by the French in America were the Great Lakes region, the area along the St. Lawrence River, and the Gulf of Mexico near the mouth of the Mississippi. These territories were part of the colony of New France.
Explanation:
The Viceroyalty of New France was the territorial entity of the French colonial Empire that included all the French colonies of North America, from the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River to the Mississippi Delta, passing through the Great Lakes region and the territory of the Ohio Valley. It existed for a good part of the XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries, constituting the main French colony at this time. Its existence can be framed in the period that extends from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 until the cession of these territories to Great Britain and Spain after the Treaty of Paris of 1763.
