The Spanish were among the first Europeans to explore the New World and the first to settle in what is now the United States<span>. By 1650, however, </span>England<span> had established a dominant presence on the Atlantic coast. The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.</span>
Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his speech "Four Freedoms", in 1941, mentioned some things that can be considered inconsistent with the US policy, because when he says: 1<em>) "The need of the moment....is to meet this foreign peril. For </em><em>our domestic problems are now a part of the great emergency</em><em>" and 2) "Just as our national policy in internal affairs has been </em><em>based upon a decent respect for the rights and the dignity ofall our fellow men..." </em>are not consistent with all the discriminatory practices blacks faced at that time.
They came to North America after French explorers came there and started a fur trade, which would be a good source of money for the French.
