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New France, French Nouvelle-France, (1534–1763), the French colonies of continental North America, initially embracing the shores of the St. Lawrence River, Newfoundland, and Acadia (Nova Scotia) but gradually expanding to include much of the Great Lakes region and parts of the trans-Appalachian West.
Explanation:
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1. The helped out eachother and had a meeting together talking about coal mining.
2. It grew in Oklahoma because its land have good sand oils/rich minerals.
Europe and asia, i know for sure.
Local rfoads, not interstate highways