Question

In what way did early Spanish colonization diff er from that of the early

French eff orts during the 1600s?

(A) Unlike the French, the Spanish made religious conversion a major

focus of settlement.

(B) Unlike the Spanish, the French focused on establishing larger

permanent communities in their colonies.

(C) The French focused less on the accumulation of wealth and more on

territorial expansion than did the Spanish.

(D) Unlike the Spanish, the French based much of their colonial

economy on the fur trade.

(E) Unlike the Spanish, French colonization was in part motivated by

French Protestants escaping religious persecution.

Answer 1

One of the main ways in which early Spanish colonization differed from that of the early French efforts during the 1600s was that "(D) Unlike the Spanish, the French based much of their colonial economy on the fur trade," since the Spanish were mostly focussed on accumulating as much gold and silver as possible.