USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the colonists who came to New France during this time came from Normandy, Île de France, Poitou, Aunis, Brittany and Saintonge. The vast majority of those who came were single men-this created a large imbalance in the colony-as there was a severe lack of marriageable women.

Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1535 and 1763, approximately 10, 000 French migrants (including 2, 000 women) are believed to have settled in New France. From those migrants, the Canadian population was born. Settlers migrated mostly for work.

Detailed explanation-3: -French traders established settlements at Québec and Montreal along the St. Lawrence River in the early 1600s. French Jesuits also traveled to the colony to bring Catholicism to Native peoples. But New France focused primarily on the fur trade.

Detailed explanation-4: -Motivations for colonization: The French colonized North America to create trading posts for the fur trade. Some French missionaries eventually made their way to North America in order to convert Native Americans to Catholicism.