The British government laid claim to the Cook Islands. The British did not want the French to take the islands so New Zealand took control of the southern islands and the northern islands.The government of New Zealand had complete control of the islands until the 1960s. The Cook Islands began to govern themselves but New Zealand and the cook islands created a free association relationship ,
The people from the Cook Islands can live and work in New Zealand. Cook island depend on New Zealand to survive. The Cook Islands do not have many natural resources. They do not have resources to export to make money. Instead most of the things the people need to live have to be imported. Many of those imports come from New Zealand.
Answer: The British and the French competed for control in North America. In 1763, Britain gains the French territory in North America after the French and Indian War. By 1770 most French land claims had been taken over by the British