Other than geography, cite and explain one difference between British and french settlements in the americas

British settlements:

1) first colonies were charter colonies in Virginia and Massachusetts.

2) colonists were farmers and tradesmen.

3) most colonists were Catholics.

French settlements:

1) first colonies were trading posts in Newfoundland and parts of Canada.

2) colonists were fur traders, merchants and missionaries.

3) most colonists were non-Catholics.