Group of realms · 1791–1795

French First Republic

French First Republic brings together several realms, from 1791 to 1795. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1794, its lands covered about 648,149 km².

One of the realms of French Colonial Empire. France's first colonial empire began with Jacques Cartier's voyages to the St Lawrence in 1534 and grew into New France, a vast fur-trading realm reaching down the Mississippi to Louisiana, plus rich sugar islands such as Saint-Domingue worked by enslaved Africans. Defeat by Britain in 1763 cost Canada and most of India, the Haitian Revolution freed Saint-Domingue, and Napoleon sold Louisiana in 1803.

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On the map

1791–1795

Greatest extent

1794, about 648,149 km²

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Wikipedia: French First Republic · Wikidata Q58296