Both the French and the English colonies wanted to control the fur trade.
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Both the French and British colonist wanted control over the fur trade. The result of the fight was the French and Indian War.
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plague wiped out many, trade exploded, they got a powerful enemy (american and french colonists) but allied with the British crown
The New England colonists exported rum to the French West Indies.
The French and the British did trade with the confederates, but little of that got through because of the Union blockade. The French were officially neutral but recognised the confederates as a "belligerent".