SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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Question
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Which French characteristic put French colonists on generally friendly terms with Native Americans?
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All of these
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they usually did not take land or mess with Native farming/villages.
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they learned from the Native Americans
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they were interested in trading with the Native Americans
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They did not displace any Natives in the establishment of their settlement and continued to work closely with them in the fur trade. They respected Native territories, their ways, and treated them as the human beings they were. The Natives, in turn, treated the French as trusted friends.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French empire was based on the fur trade in this region and required Native American alliances to sustain it. Native people and the French traded, lived together, and often married each other and built families together.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of these describes the relationship between the French and the American Indians? They were business partners.
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