How was Britain's interest in the fur trade different from France?
The British didn't care about creating colonies, all they wanted was to make money. They were focused on creating the fastest routes for trading, and investing their money. Unlike the British, France focused on establishing colonies. Britain and France had very different goals they wanted to achieve from the fur trade. France wasn't interested in spending a lot of money on it's North American colonies, instead their main priority was to collect furs and many other natural resources. France only recommended Catholics to travel and live in New France. This is because most of the people in France were also catholic. Catholic priests, nuns, and missionaries traveled to New France to take care of the children of colonists, teach in schools, running hospitals. They also held religious services and cared for the poor. The most important goal of the Church was to get other to believe in their faith, their version of the story. They thought that if they only allowed Catholics into New France, everyone would be committed and could spread their faith to make their community larger. Britain on the other hand, invested a lot of money to support its overseas colonies. The British also wanted to establish an empire, but for different reasons. They believed that having more land meant more power, and that is the only reason why they expanded to North America. To be on the top of the European power pyramid.