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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon, officially the Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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| It is the only part of New France that remains under French control, with an area of 93 sq miles.
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| The islands are situated at the entrance of Fortune Bay, which extends into the southwestern coast of Newfoundland, near the Grand Banks.
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| Saint Pierre and Miquelon was given the option of becoming fully integrated with France, becoming a self-governing state within the French Community, or preserving the status of overseas territory; it decided to remain a territory.
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon]
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| ==Timeline== | | ==Timeline== |
| 1536 - Saint Pierre and Miquelon was made a French possession<br>
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| 1763 - Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, which put an end to the Seven Years' War, France ceded all its North American possessions, but Saint-Pierre and Miquelon were returned to France<br>
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| 1793, the British landed in Saint-Pierre and, the following year, expelled the French population, and tried to install British settlers. The British colony was in turn sacked by French troops in 1796<br>
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| 1910 -The colony suffered severely as a result of unprofitable fisheries, and large numbers of its people emigrated to Nova Scotia and Quebec<br>
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| 1958 - Saint Pierre and Miquelon was given the option of becoming fully integrated with France, becoming a self-governing state within the French Community, or preserving the status of overseas territory; it decided to remain a territory<br>
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| [[Category:Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]
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