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the french wanted to start the colony of quebec for fur trading

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To send more money back to the mother country as all good colonies are meant to do. There was also the idea that a larger population of tens of thousands of French would be able to defend France possessions. That turned out to not be the case.

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Originally, the French came to trade for furs with Native Americans. After the revolutionary war and French and Indian war, the settlement of Canada was what was was left to them.

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βˆ™ 15y ago

Eventually, the French crown decided to colonize the territory to secure and expand its influence in America.

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