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Which is a reason for French exploration and colonization in North America?

A.
French cattle ranchers wanted more land.

B.
French Catholics came to escape religious persecution.

C.
They wanted to find a northwest sea passage to get to Asia.

D.
They wanted to enslave the Native Americans and bring them back to France for labor.

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C. They wanted to find a northwest sea passage to get to Asia.
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C, they wanted to find a northwest passage to get to asia
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