WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The French enjoyed much better relations with Native Americans than other European groups when they first came to American shores.

Detailed explanation-2: -French relations with the Indians, ordinarily better than those enjoyed by the Spaniards and English, benefited from a relative lack of racial prejudice and especially from the fact that the French tended to have a greater desire for furs than for land.

Detailed explanation-3: -France saw Indigenous nations as allies, and relied on them for survival and fur trade wealth. Indigenous people traded for European goods, established military alliances and hostilities, intermarried, sometimes converted to Christianity, and participated politically in the governance of New France.

Detailed explanation-4: -French-Native relations also brought chaos to the region. The fur trade brought the spread of guns, contagious diseases, and alcohol. French demand for Native slaves resulted in Native people raiding other Indigenous communities.