What was the chief reason France was slow to establish a North American empire?
A) poor relations with the Indians of Canada and the West
B) the French government’s indifference to affairs in the New World
C) too many French settlers moving to the New World too quickly
D) an inability to find anything of economic consequence in the New World
E) too much competition with the English settlers over land in the New World
Answer: B
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