What characteristics defined french settlement in north america?

French settlement, for the most part, was used as a conduit for furthering the trapping and fur-trading industries. Many French settlers associated themselves with the local native tribes, assimilated into their cultures, and used the knowledge gained to increase the overall importance of trapping and fur collection during this time period.

The preamble explains the reasons  why ben franklin and the other founding fathers  of the constitution made our government a republic. by doing this they also replaced the articles of confederation