Question

in the late 1700s, what was France's most powerful stronghold in North America?

Answer 1

Nepolian Bonaparte powerful person

Answer 2

Quebec until Britain took it and Montreal their second most powerful stronghold in 1763 resulting in the French being kicked out of North America for good.

New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris (1763).