First French Empire - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › First_French_EmpireThe First French Empire, officially the French Republic, [b] then the French Empire ( French: Empire Français; Latin: Imperium Francicum) after 1809, also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
French colonial empire - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › French_colonial_empireThe French colonial empire in the Americas comprised New France (including Canada and Louisiana ), French West Indies (including Saint-Domingue, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada, Tobago and other islands) and French Guiana. French North America was known as 'Nouvelle France' or New France. During the 16th century, the French ...