
Bonus: Colonial Ste. Geneviéve, Missouri
Ben Franklin's World
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St. Genevieve's Relationship With the Native Nations
The french are willing to consider american indians in saint genevieve as french if they meet some conditions. The were very interested in working with the native nations. There is a level required assimilation there. And so early on, their idea of identity was a bit more malleable. We also see a lot more intermarriage under the french and part of that is, again, a mutually beneficial type of situation to increased trade.
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