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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. | |||
It is the only part of New France that remains under French control, with an area of 93 sq miles. | |||
The islands are situated at the entrance of Fortune Bay, which extends into the southwestern coast of Newfoundland, near the Grand Banks. | |||
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] | |||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
1536 - Saint Pierre and Miquelon was made a French possession<br> | |||
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> | |||
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> | |||
1910 -The colony suffered severely as a result of unprofitable fisheries, and large numbers of its people emigrated to Nova Scotia and Quebec<br> | |||
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> | |||
[[Category:Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] | [[Category:Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] | ||