In North America, the Spanish focused on conquests in the Southwest, establishing mines and ranches for gold and silver. The French settled in the St. Lawrence Valley, fostering fur trade with Indigenous peoples. The English, primarily on the Atlantic coast, developed agriculture through tobacco plantations in Virginia and New England farming.
L) The late 1400s through the early 1600s was a time of exploration and early settlement of several European colonies. Write a paragraph with less than 50 words that compares and contrasts the location they settled in the North America and how they developed their economy. Those groups include the Spanish, French, and English, provide specific examples that are unique to each country.
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