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French and Dutch explorers both focused largely on what economic activity in North America?

A. building fisheries
B. farming food crops
C. mining silver and gold
D. participating in the fur trade

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Answer:

D. participating in the fur trade

Step-by-step explanation:

French and Dutch colonization in the Americans focused on the profitable fur trade. Depending on Native Americans to hunt animals for their pelts, French and Dutch colonizers cultivated friendly relationships with Native Americans through intermarriage and military alliances.

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