Question

French and Spanish explorers differed most in terms of their relationships with the American Indians they encountered. religious beliefs and goals in North America. management of encomiendas and repartimientos. approach to the fish and fur trades.

Answer 1

The correct answer is “their relationships with the American Indians they encountered”

The French explorers had a good relationship with the Natives, they did not try to change the Natives, they did not compete with them for land. Instead, they engaged fur trading with the Natives and created strong ties with them.

Spanish explorers treated the Natives with inferiority, slaving them in the Caribbean and South America. They baptized and labored to convert the Indians to Christianity. They also killed large numbers of natives.

Answer 2

A. relationships with the American Indians they encountered.