Yes, like the Spanish, the French also explored and settled in the Americas in search of wealth, including gold and silver. However, their primary focus was more on fur trading and establishing alliances with Indigenous peoples rather than solely seeking precious metals. French expeditions, particularly in Canada and the Mississippi River Valley, emphasized trade, agriculture, and missionary work, differentiating their approach from the Spanish conquest.
The French came to the Americas for wealth. They were in the fur trade throughout the Americas.
By the middle of the 18th century, after the French and Indian War was a British victory, the situation in the Americas or better said the Western Hemisphere, was for the time being just about settled as far who controlled the New World. Basically Spain, although weakened, and Great Britain controlled the Americas.
Well, many nations wanted to explore and profit from trade in the new world. The French specifically wanted to use America to sell fur and make a profit from it, and they explored and settled large tracts of land. However, because of the Protestant Reformation, the edict of Fontainebleau, and the intolerance of Huguenots, many French were also fleeing France for the same reason that people were fleeing England. Religious intolerance brought many, many people to the Americas.
The French settled America mostly in the area of the Mississippi River.
Brazil - settled by the Portuguese Guyana - settled first by the Dutch, then by the British Suriname - settled by the Dutch French Guiana - settled by the French
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the french came from Europe and settled heavily in Canada.
French and British
It was the French
there are no Asian countries settled by the French....
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The French and British Waited to start colonies because the Spanish had already settled.