I think it would be ( They mainly stayed out of sight, but were in complete control of all matters big and small.) hope this helps.
The main motive for the French wanting to establish colonies around the world was to compete with the British and the Dutch, who were extracting great amounts of resources from new territory.
The stamp act was the first interal tax levied directly american colonist by the british goverement. The tea act was that the colonist had never accepted the constitionability of the duty of tea, and the tea act rekindled their opposition to it.
1. malaria 2. rivers had terrible waterfalls..too dangerous...until the steam engine was invented it was incredibly dangerous 3. deserts....they didn't know how to travel through the deserts and find an oasis which made it very difficult to travel through