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the lands under french control in the early 1700s were Canada, Québec, Trois-Rivières and Montréal, Hudson's Bay; Acadie, in the northeast; Plaisance, on the island of Newfoundland, and Louisiane ( Louisiana), Gulf of Mexico, including all the Great Lakes of North America.
Answer:The French government was in debt.
The taxes citizens paid were very high.
The French economy was shrinking instead of expanding.
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