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Using the map, answer A, B, and C.
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(A) Briefly explain ONE similarity between the settlement patterns of the British and
the French in North America between 1715 and 1750.
(B) Briefly explain ONE difference between the settlement patterns of the British and
the French in North America between 1715 and 1750.
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(C) Briefly explain how the settlement patterns of the French OR the British shaped
the economics of that empire in North America.
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Step 1 Break down the prompts
Notice that each of the prompts in this question asks you to do ONE thing. In the first
(A), you must identify one similarity between the settlement patterns of the British
and the French. In the second (B), you must identify one difference. And in the third
(C), you must explain how the settlement patterns of either the British or the French
shaped the economics of that empire in North America. In A, B, and C, you need to
make a claim, support that claim with evidence, and explain how your evidence
supports your claim (CSE).

Step 2 List and categorize relevant information from the secondary source
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As with all AP questions that include a stimulus (a map, image, graph, chart, or
written text), you will have to both understand the stimulus and apply your histor-
ical knowledge to answer the question. In the case of this SAQ, notice that the map
shows you both where in North America the French and British settled, and around
what geographic features both settled. This information will take you a long way to
answering parts A and B, because comparing each requires only an understanding
of the map. Your list of similarities and differences might look something like this:

Similarities Differences

Both the British and the French settled around The French settled mainly along rivers and lakes, whereas
waterways [claim] like the Great Lakes, the Mississippi the British settled along the ocean [claim]. For example,
and St. Lawrence Rivers, and the Atlantic Ocean most of the French colonists settled around the Great
[support with evidence]. This settlement near Lakes and the Mississippi and St. Lawrence Rivers, but
water is a similarity between the British and the French the British colonized the coasts along the Atlantic Ocean
[explain]. [support with evidence]. This French settlement
around lakes and rivers and the British settlement along
the ocean represent a difference between their settlement
patterns [explain].

Both the British and the French settled large land areas The French settled the northeastern and central
in North America [claim]. The French took over much portions of North America, whereas the British tended
of what would become Canada and explored down the to settle along the eastern seaboard [claim]. Because
Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, and the British of English settlement along the eastern seaboard, the
colonies ranged from as far north as New England down French dominated the St. Lawrence River and most
to the borders of Spanish Florida [support with of Canada, whereas the British, who depended upon
evidence]. The large land area of British and French Atlantic trade and crop production, settled along
settlement represents a similarity between them the Atlantic Ocean [support with evidence]. The
[explain]. French settlements in the far north and the British
settlements along the eastern seaboard represent a
difference between the French and British settlement
patterns [explain].

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