The correct answer is: A. They wanted to control the rich fur trade.
France was very interested in the fur trade in North America as the money from the fur trade fueled an explosion of economic wealth in France that had never been seen before.
The correct answer is option D. "It caused the Estates-General to cease to exist". The National Assembly was a revolutionary assembly that existed during French Revolution and was formed from representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General. In the long term the existence of the National Assembly led to the disappearance of the Estates-General, as this new group served the same purpose in the revolution and had the same structure.
Many Americans objected to the settlement and especially to President Wilson's League of Nations. Americans believed that the United States' best hope for peace was to stay out of European affairs. The United States worked out a separate treaty with Germany and its allies several years later.
