In the early 1600's, the French began to settle Eastern Canada. The French used the Micmac to bring affiliation with other Native American Indians. Horwitz notes: “While the French-Micmac contact was generally peaceful, it brought a scourge that would ultimately afflict native peoples across America: epidemic European diseases, to which Indians lacked immunity” (Horwitz, 42). Thus, the French had great influence upon the settlement of early America because they were intertwined with Native America Indians. The French even paid the Micmac to “attack the English, who in turn urged settlers to annoy, distress, take or destroy the savages, offering ten guineas for every scalp” (Horwitz, 42). The French would not let go of expansion easily. Their main competitor in fighting for North America was the English. And hostilities began as early as 1689. The French would finally come to conclude that expansion was too expensive, and thus allowed Britain, but not without a great many battles, to lead the way. However, the English or Britain dominated expansion but it left their country with many financial problems. They were then reliant on the colonies producing goods for them. We continue to see the imprint of the French here in the United States. In all, while making friends with the Indians and using them to the advantage of the French was a good idea, it was not enough to succeed. The French strategy of making friends with the Indians was about as solid as a plan as the Spanish. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella knew that there potentially valuable treasure in the New World, but their plan to settle the United States was not well thought out either. They would simply take the New World with force and storm. They would violently conquer anyone that got in their way. Horwitz notes: “The Spanish put a lot of thought into how to kill people efficiently” (Horwitz, 229). Consider the fact that the Spanish are credited for commissioning Christopher Columbus to discover the “New World.” However, he was not particularly skilled in sailing and