Reasons for Seventeenth-Century

Question

European Colonization of North America
1. To convert American Indians in the Southwest to Catholicism
2. To cultivate cash crops in the Chesapeake Bay area
3. To extract precious metals from mines in present-day Mexico
4. To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes region
Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?
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Answer 1

The primary reason for French colonization in North America was primarily focused on fur trading, particularly in the Great Lakes region. Therefore, the correct answer is:

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