How did the French and Dutch differ from the English in their relationships with and treatment of the Natives in North America?

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How did the French and Dutch compare in their relationships with American Indians?

Unlike the Spanish and English, the French and Dutch fostered good relationships with Native Americans. The French in particular created alliances with the Hurons and Algonquians. Both the Dutch and the French relied on marriages with Native Americans to expand their fur trading operations.

How did the French and Dutch colonies in North America differ?

The Dutch allowed the most religious freedoms; they didn't try to convert native peoples to Christianity, and they allowed Jewish immigrants to join their colony. French Jesuit missionaries tried to convert Indians to Catholicism, but with much more acceptance of their differences than Spanish missionaries.

In what way did Dutch and French colonies differ from the English in their relations with the Native Americans?

English settlers were more interested in acquiring Native American lands, while Dutch and French colonists generally developed amicable relations with neighboring Native Americans in order to maintain a prosperous fur trade.

How did the Dutch differ from both the French and the Spanish?

the French and the Spanish used missions and religion for colonizing natives. French had fur trading post with natives. Gave peasants the right to land. Dutch: became commercial and financial hub, fur trading enterprise, took over the native's land.