Spanish and French in North America

At the end of the 16th century, and Spanish and French were the only Eurpeans involved in North America. The spanish built forts along Florida's coast to protect the Gulf Stream sea lands used by convoys carrying wealth from their New World colonies. The french were navigating the St. Lawrence River to find fur trade. Both countries were drawn into planting far more colonies, New mexico and New France, in North AMerica. Neither Frane nor Spain was willing or able to transport lar...