what was one of the main reasons that the French settled in north america
The fur trade was the first business in New Amsterdam. New York City is still an international trade center today (It was the World Trade Center in New York that the terrorists flew into). The English colonized North America for several different economic reasons.Basically, they found goods that had a market in Europe. The English that settled New England found timber that was great for building ships.hey ended up colonizing North America for different economic reasons. Spain colonized America because they were searching for gold and silver. They did find a lot of gold and silver when they conquered the Aztec and Inca Empires. France colonized North America because of the great amount of furs they found there.