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Which of the following statements best describes French settlers' treatment of Native Americans? A. French settlers ignored the local native population unless they interfered with the fur trade. B. French settlers enslaved Native Americans and forced them to work in mines and on farms. C. French settlers had a policy of killing most Native Americans in order to claim new lands. D. French settlers were on friendly terms with Native Americans and they relied on them to provide furs

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French settlers ignored the local native populationunless they interfered with the fur trade best describes French settlers' treatment of Native Americans
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The statement that best describes French settlers' treatment of Native Americans would be that "A. French settlers ignored the local native population
unless they interfered with the fur trade," since the French had relatively good relations with the Natives compared to the Spanish the British.
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