Huguenots
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French colonies were established in Canada, Acadia, around the Great Lakes, Louisiana and islands in the Caribbean.
The English had more settlers in North America compared to the French. By the time of the American Revolution, the English colonies had become populous, with millions of settlers, while the French maintained a smaller presence, primarily concentrated in Canada and certain parts of Louisiana. This demographic difference significantly influenced the cultural and political development of North America.
80,000, spread out over an area twenty time the size of the English colonies
The Articles of Confederation as well as the United States Constitution were intended to define the rights of citizens of the country. If French and English settlers were citizens of the colonies, the rights that were outlined in both documents would represent them as well.
South Carolina
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The Carolina colonies were founded for economic reasons, as well as to provide opportunities for English settlers and to create a strategic foothold for Britain in the New World. They were also intended to serve as a buffer between the Spanish colonies in Florida and French colonies in the Mississippi Valley.
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They wanted religious freedoms.
French settlers
French colonies were established in Canada, Acadia, around the Great Lakes, Louisiana and islands in the Caribbean.
French Protestants of the 16th and 17th centuries were called Huguenots.
Russians were not a significant population in the Southern Colonies. The predominant ethnicities of the Southern colonies, South Carolina for example were African, English, Scots Irish, Irish, Hugenot French, and German. There was a small group of Sephardic Jews in Charleston South Carolina.
The main reason French and Dutch settlers start colonies in North America was the abundance of natural resource. The land was rich with just about everything from trees to food and minerals.
The English had more settlers in North America compared to the French. By the time of the American Revolution, the English colonies had become populous, with millions of settlers, while the French maintained a smaller presence, primarily concentrated in Canada and certain parts of Louisiana. This demographic difference significantly influenced the cultural and political development of North America.