The best answer would be C) French trappers and missionaries lived among Native Americans and treated them with respect the french and Native Americans had quite frequent inter-marriages, which gave rise to the Metis.
How do we know C is correct?
D. is false because it was founded by the Spanish.
A. is false because the French struggled so much at the beginning, the Spanish were way ahead of them.
B. we all know this was the British colonies. The French mostly did furs and sugar as their trade.
There you have it, the correct choice is C.
