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French Colonies in the Past versus Today

French Colonies in the Past

The French and the British were colonial

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rivals, as by the 19 and the 20 century,
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both of them had colonized most of the

world.

The French colonial empire spread over

12,898,000 km between the 1920s and
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1930s. The French colonies were all over

the world: North America, South America,

Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica. France

held entirely or partly about 100 colonies.

French Colonies Today

After holding hundreds of colonies around

the world, the British and the French had

con icts that led to the destruction of most

of their colonies, which helped in ending

this huge colonial era.

However, France did not lose all its

colonies; it still has a number of colonies

around the world, whose people are

considered French and have the right to

vote for both the parliament and the

president, such as French Guiana, French
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Polynesia, Guadeloupe, and Réunion.

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