Answer:
They ended up colonizing North America for different economic reasons. Spain colonized America because they were searching for gold and silver. They did find a lot of gold and silver when they conquered the Aztec and Inca Empires. France colonized North America because of the great amount of furs they found there.
The years were 1837-1901 it was the era queen Victoria ruled and it was a long period of peace.
a pretty long time. those are pretty long words after all, so.
