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The French were a more peaceful European colonial group. When they established their colonies in North America, such as Quebec, they also established a close relationship with the natives. The French practiced close trade and relations with the natives, and saw the Algonquians as their allies. They would later become involved in a conflict vs. the Iroquois.

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Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire | 3 Minute History

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The English kept themselves segregated from the Natives because they believed the Natives were inferior to them. They limited their trade with Natives to only the Iroquois and traded using intermediates (not direct trade)

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The Spanish conquistadors, searching for gold, had numerous conflicts with natives, such as the Incas shown in this image.

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The Native Americans were decimated by disease and the European invaders. The Native Americans, nevertheless, still helped the Europeans and traded with them. Some Natives were under the pressure of being converted to Catholicism, while others were being murdered for being "in the way".
The Iroquois, the more violent of the native groups started conflict with the French and the Algonquins.

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The Spanish came to the New World in search for gold, which they were successful in finding. They killed of incredible amounts of Natives by passing on disease and by brutal slaughtering. However, as time went on, the Spanish found themselves associating with the Natives. The Spanish traded with the Natives a lot.

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The Spanish that traveled to the New World were strictly Catholic. The Spanish wanted to convert the natives to Catholicism as well. The Spanish founded missions, which were religious establishments in the hope that they could convert the native Americans to Catholicism.

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The Africans had well developed economies and political systems. In upper Guinea, African societies used the Mediterranean to trade ivory, gold, and slaves for finished goods. Ghana had one of the largest empires of the time and developed a trade center called Timbuktu. Southern Africans lived in villages and had little contact with Europeans. Southern Africans traded, made their own good, fished, raised livestock, and were strong in producing crops.  Some interior Africans were nomadic. Divided work by genders.
Men: hunted fished, raised livestock
Women: Farming and trading

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Upper Guinea became early converts to Islam due to their trading on the Mediterranean sea. Western Africans kept their indigenous, polytheistic religion. The gods were all based on natural things. The oldest in the tribe was usually the priest who was high up in the government.

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The Europeans felt that they were superior to both the Africans and the Native Americans.
In addition to how the English felt about Natives, they also had their own unique religious beliefs. The English were Protestants or "Puritans" who were Christian, yet separate from the Catholic church. Some English seeked the New World for the purpose of avoiding persecution for their religious beliefs and to find religious freedoms.