French colonization of the New World started with the French explorer Robert de La Salle. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France. French pioneers sailed to the New World and founded many cities like New Orleans and St. Louis. Furs were in demand at that time and French trappers were common in the New World.
Christopher Columbus
Declaration
Sir Walter Raleigh
cause they wanted to Actually, England did not begin the process of colonization significantly later than the rest of Europe. They colonized the East Coast of North America shortly after the French and Spanish began to explore the New World. but WHY?
He was hoping to find new lands to colonize.
The French colonized an area in Canada known today as Quebec.
The puritans came to New England to be able to practice their religion freely and escape religious persecution.
He was searching for new lands to colonize.
He was searching for new areas to colonize.
It had colonies elsewhere in the world
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John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
His first visits to French Canada were to trade furs, but on the second voyage he sought new areas to colonize along the Atlantic coast.
They did !
Declaration
Sir Walter Raleigh