SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW NETHERLANDS
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The French were making too much money from trading.
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They starved.
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Not many people from France wanted to leave sunny France to move to America, where it was cold.
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The French were having problems learning to farm and trade.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The French tried again several times to colonize North America, but failed due to disease, weather, and conflict with native peoples or with other European powers. Their most infamous failure may have been at Charlesfort in 1562.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fur Fervor France focused its attention on establishing commercially viable trading posts in the New World to supply Europe with its seemingly never-ending demand for furs. To this end, France fostered good relationships with Native Americans, and built on mutual benefits of the trade of beaver furs for French goods.
Detailed explanation-3: -Struggle for Survival The increase in population had already led to a rapid increase in demand for food grains. The production of grains couldn’t really keep up with demands that led to a rapid increase in the price of bread. Due to the low wages paid to the workers, the divide between the rich and the poor widened.
Detailed explanation-4: -Attracted by the project of founding a new society or simply better conditions of life for themselves and their families, French immigrants brought to the USA their techniques, cultural practices and art of living.