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what motivated the french to establish colonies in the new world?

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December 10, 2010

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Hi gamecocksdave,

France founded colonies in much of eastern North America, on a number of Caribbean islands, and in South America in the 16th century. Most colonies were developed to export products such as fish, sugar, and furs. It all started with the attempt of the French to find wealth in the Americas.

As they colonized the New World, the French established forts and settlements that would become such cities as Quebec and Montreal in Canada; Detroit, Green Bay, St. Louis, Mobile, Biloxi, Baton Rouge and New Orleans in the United States; and Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien in Haiti.

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