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.