History question please?

Question

Can someone please explain some comparisons between the French and English Colonies? Also, why was the English presence in America more likely to last than the French?...Thank you!

Answer 1

Sir Francis Drake and the Sea Dogs ensured that the English would control the Atlantic thus giving them the power to colonize North America.  Imperialism and profit is a key similarity to the settlements of the French and English.

Answer 2

As far as relationships go the French built their lives around trade and the Native Americans benefited from it as well. They would intermarry into tribes to establish good trading partners. Much of the early contact between Europeans and Native peoples revolved around trade. By 1600, French, Dutch and English traders frequented the northeast coast of North America trading metal, glass and cloth for beaver pelts. A reciprocity-based system of exchange characterized initial trade relations. Successful trade depended on good relationships between traders and Native groups. The English came to colonize and establish their land and roots. English settlers viewed the land as a wilderness void of civilization. Where the English saw "virgin land", they also saw God's mandate to appropriate and "civilize" it. As time passed, the English definition of land ownership overwhelmed Native interests and interpretations. So English presence wasnt more likely to last but it was ore overwhelming.

Answer 3

The French colonies were more or less trading posts. They were interested in trapping and trading.

The English sent settlers to live in permanent settlements. They came with their wives and children.