History Of French: During the French colonial period from 1608 to 1763 (see section 6. History), some 10,000 French immigrants came to New France, but only about 6,000 to 7,000 stayed. It was from this small number that the population grew, reaching 65,000 when the colony passed under British rule. After 1760, all French immigration ceased, and it was due solely to their own fecundity that the French Canadians of Quebec were not submerged, despite the influx of British settlers after 1815 and the heavy emigration from the province to the United States.
RAM BAUD, raN-bo', Alfred Nichol French historian and litterateur: b. Besan^i July 2, 1842; d. Paris, Nov. 10, 1905. Educat at the Ecole Normale, in 1871 he became profess of history at Caen and in 1875 was transferred the same post at Nancy. In 1879, he became s< retary to the ministry of public instruction, a in 1881 was nominated to a position in the norr, school at Caen, shortly afterward becoming p: fessor of modern history at Paris.
His major publication, Histoire du Canada franpais depuis la decouverte (4 vols., 1950-1955), a history of French Canada lauding the national heroes and advocating an independent state on the St. Lawrence, was originally a series of radio talks. In at least 10 other historical publications arid two novels Groulx elaborated the theme of French-Canadian survival in the face of Anglo-Saxon Protestant assimilationism.
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