>>French people settled in Quebec long ago - in early 17-th century.
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>... and lost the war to England. We had to retreat to Quebec were we could successfully defend this territory. Before the war, France had conquered a vast part of North America. That's why there are still some french speaking americans in Louisiana.
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>(Hope I remembered my history class correctly) :)

I thought it was because of Acadians that had been exiled to what is now Louisiana (I remember learning that "Cajun" was derived from "Acadian")

Sounds like we'll be hitting history books this weekend (or visiting a few web sites!)

Hugo