“Our interest is to unite ourselves with the savages... to live in friendship with them, and to bring them to knowledge of the true God. We must do this not by driving them from their lands, but by establishing trade and alliances, for without their hunting of the beaver, our commerce in this land would perish, and our settlements would have no means of support.”
— Memoir of a French colonial administrator at Montreal, 1687
Which of the following historical developments in the British North American colonies contrasted most directly with the French colonization model described in the passage?
- The establishment of permanent, family-based agricultural settlements that led to the displacement of Native American populationsAnswer
- BThe reliance of New England colonial communities on large-scale tobacco cultivation utilizing indentured labor
- CThe creation of imperial trade laws designed to encourage free enterprise and open commerce between the colonies and other European powers
- DThe immediate and total replacement of indentured servants with chattel slaves upon the founding of the initial settlements
Answer
The establishment of permanent, family-based agricultural settlements that led to the displacement of Native American populations
The French colonization model focused on trade alliances, particularly the fur trade, and missionary work, which required maintaining cooperative relations with Native American populations. In contrast, British colonization was characterized by large-scale migration of families seeking land for agriculture. This focus on permanent agricultural settlement led the British to displace Native Americans from their lands, creating a system of social exclusion rather than integration.
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French and British Colonization Models