Indians saw the.
fishermen's steel knives and copper kettles among other things, and the fishermen saw the.
beaver and bearskin coats of the Indians, which.
they could sell in Europe. Trading began, and in 1608 the French founded a.
settlement at Quebec, primarily a trading post. Soon the French began trapping.
furs to sell back in Europe. Only eight of the twenty eight settlers survived the.
first winter. More settlers came in the springtime, however the settlers that came.
did not focus on farming but on trapping their own furs instead of trading with.
the Indians. There were no real reasons for the French to immigrate to Quebec.
other than to fish or to be apart of the fur trade, thus very few people came and.
when they did come it was almost always males so a population would be very.
hard to start. Though a population was hard to start it was far from impossible.
and in the 1690s the population had swelled in 2,000 in Montreal which had now.
replaced Quebec has the center of trade and society. However The French and.
Indian War made the French give Canada over to England. The wars along with.
not enough immigration from France were the primary factors in why the French.
did not dominate America. .
The English settlers who came to dominate North America originally came.
over seeking what the Spanish had found earlier, gold. Investors in England.
decided to form the Virginia Company whose interest was in gold and trade with.
the Indians. In 1607, with the approval of their king, James I, they founded a.
settlement called Jamestown, England's first permanent colony.
However, to the disappointment of the company, no gold was discovered around.
their colony. The men that the Virginia Company had sent to Jamestown were not.
farmers and did not have farming on their mind. Therefore in the winter only.
trading with the Powhatans for their corn allowed the colonists to survive. The.
colonists suffered from hunger and disease, and soon they suffered poor relations.
