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Silver was more important in the Spanish and Portuguese Americas, where there were several large mines where thousands of tonnes of silver were extracted for over two centuries. Two particular regions to highlight are Potosi, in Bolivia, and the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil.
Fur trade was more important for the French and English colonists in North America, especially for the first. In fact, most of the first French colonizers, in what is now Quebec, but also in some other areas, where fur traders, and to develop that economic activity, they kept important political and economic relations with the Native Americans.