Question

Fewer French colonists came to North America in the 1600s because they did not _____. Select the best answer from the choices provided. A. Want to face the threat of Iroquois raids B. Want to convert to Catholicism C. Think there was enough available land D. Think they could keep the English away

Answer 1

D. Think they could keep the English away

Step-by-step explanation:

While a group of French colonists settled at the ST. Lawrence River to found Quebec in 1608, and at the same time moved further forward with the thought of converting Native Americans to Catholicism. France did not think they could keep England away.

This is because, despite the smaller English colonies in North America at that time, they had the larger number in terms of population.

Also, this was caused as a result of the French Crown who was far more interested in Far East and the sugar plantation of the Caribbean, so the French monarchs could not advocates or supports emigration to North America.

However, this played against the French colonist, as there were no match for the more numerous British colonists during the French American wars.

Hence, despite huge claims to vast North American lands, the French would be defeated by the great number of British.