Answer:
Option: Focused on the St. Lawrence, Mississippi, and Ohio rivers
Explanation:
Early French explorers in the 16th-century focus toward the rivers because it played a significant role in conduction successful trade and created vast trading networks with the Indians. French made good relationships with native peoples as they traded for fur pelts. French relied on Native Indians for Beaver pelts, and exchange French goods which include glass beads, guns, cloth, metal utensils.
