| New France was the French colony organized in | | | | the 17th century. Besides, the English established |
| the North America. The first French foundation | | | | constant agricultural settlements and converted |
| – Quebec – was established in 1603. The | | | | Native Americans to their religion. New England |
| French society was concentrated on the fur trade | | | | society was more secularized and increasingly |
| and Catholic missions. The Spanish and the French | | | | overpopulated than the Spanish and the French |
| understood the importance of the maintenance of | | | | societies. The English society was based on family |
| friendly relations with the Native Americans and it | | | | farms and land that was inherited by relatives. |
| became their major priority. In his ‘The | | | | In his book ‘American Colonies: The Settling |
| People of New France’ Allan Greer describes | | | | of North America’ Alan Taylor describes |
| the growth and development of the French | | | | many cultures and societies that formed America. |
| colony in Canada. His book is a deep look into the | | | | He stresses the significance of the Native |
| social life of New France that occupied a large | | | | Americans, African slaves, who worked on the |
| territory of the North American continent. French | | | | plantations, and the contribution of the Spanish, |
| colonial society was developing rapidly owing to | | | | French and English colonizers to the development |
| the fur trade with the Native Americans. The | | | | and growth of the USA society. The author tries |
| French regime allowed woman in the status of a | | | | to be objective in his description of the English |
| wife to be an equal owner of the family property | | | | colonial society emphasizing that the British and |
| along with her husband. The similar law was | | | | especially their spawn the Americans dedicated |
| present in New Spain where women had the | | | | their governments to promoting commerce. |
| same amount of rights. Another common feature | | | | Taylor depicts the mixture of nations and the |
| was that the Spanish as well as the French | | | | interlay of freedom and slavery in the colonized |
| wanted to find gold and silver in America, to trade | | | | America, as well as the movement toward |
| with the Native Americans and to convert them | | | | colonial independence displayed by the English in |
| to their religion. | | | | New England. Thus, the Spanish, English and |
| Despite its growth French Canada became an | | | | French created unique colonial societies in the |
| obstacle for English government to establish its | | | | Americas. Although each society had its own |
| colonies in the North America. England started the | | | | features, all of them had similar features in the |
| colonization of America in 1607 having established | | | | organization, development and growth of trade, |
| its first colony in Jamestown. England sent many | | | | silver and gold mines, agriculture and |
| people to America – more than 400,000 in | | | | communication with Native Americans. |