French And English Colonies Case Study

Option 1) Both the French and the English fought for superiority over one another in their colonies during the 17th century in what is now the United States. New England and New France were both established differently and eventually were governed differently as well. Religion played a crucial role in the forming of New England and would soon play a role in New France as well. Differences between the French and English colonies would eventually lead to conflict between them. The colonization efforts of the French and the English reflected their attempts at bringing European ideas and values to the New World.

The French were attracted to North America because they sought to find a western passage to the Indies. A French explorer named Samuel

They were more successful at converting the Indians to Christianity because the French made more of an effort to try and convert these people. The French respected the Indians’ cultures enough to let them keep many of their Indian identities like their clothing, lifestyle and traditions. The Puritans did not have much contact with Indians and this is another reason why their attempts at converting the Indians were unsuccessful. The Jesuits helped the French quite a bit in converting the Indians to Christianity. They used a peaceful approach in their conversion of the Indians and even went and lived among them to learn about their culture. The Jesuits did not convert huge numbers of Indians but they created a peaceful relationship between the French colonists and the Indians. The French and Indian War would eventually lead to the downfall of the French in New France. At the end of the war, the French cede New France east of the Mississippi to Great Britain. This meant that England was eventually more successful in terms of colonization. Both the colonies of New France and New England brought European beliefs and values to the New World and they modeled these colonies after their home countries in