French exploration in North America focused primarily on
- A
Gold mining and silver extraction modeled on Spanish operations in Mexico and Peru
- Bcheck_circle
Fur trade and missionary activity, especially in the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes region
- C
Settling the arid southwest borderlands and converting Pueblo peoples to Catholicism
- D
Plantation agriculture using enslaved African labor in the Mississippi delta region
Explanation
The French formed alliances with Native peoples (especially Hurons) for the lucrative beaver fur trade.