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How were the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies similar?

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France had a good bit of land

They discovered both Detroit and Louisiana

English colonies only had a little bit of land

England actually set up the colonies as a home

English settlers immigrated for religious reasons

English settlers had more economic opportunities

French settlers made peace with some indians

English settlers set up their own government in the colonies

Dutch generally followed a policy of live and let live: they did not force assimilation or religious conversion on the Indians.

Dutch made some effort to be fair to the Indians when applying Dutch law to them, the Indians also learned that they could utilize the Dutch laws.

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