Colonial policy of a Huguenot France?

Oftentimes in this forum, i notice many comments springing up about the French Huguenots being used by France's government as colonists.
But how would French colonialism go if the Huguenots controlled the French metropole?
 
Bump, any thoughts?
Would the a Huguenot France be any more propense towards settler colonialism, like what happened in British North America?
Assuming that an unruly Catholic populace will remain in France, how will the Huguenot elite treat them? Could the latter decide to dump the former in the aforemented settler colonies?
 
IIRC it was not until pretty much the industrial revolution getting underway that Protestants in general really started to get into the idea of preaching the gospel to the heathen; before then, they were more interested in converting Catholics to Protestantism than getting non-Christians to become Christian, a fact which, among other things, saw the Netherlands make inroads where the Portuguese got kicked out because they were less pushy on matters of religion. So, a Huguenot controlled France is less likely to create colonies with the aim of "converting the heathen", which was always a major factor in Spanish colonialism.

I don't think that kicking Catholics out as settlers will become a universal state policy, since sending people from potentially hostile factions to profitable colonies is a recipe for disaster. However, just as Maryland was founded as an English Catholic colony, we may see wealthy Catholics who curry favor with the Huguenot king get permission to open a colony, and penal colonies may have a higher proportion of Catholics. However, I think that the main impetus for colonization by France will be trade or immediate extraction of wealth through mines or plantations, and not creating new markets through settler colonization as the English did. This is roughly like OTL, but ITTL, the Huguenots who found these sorts of colonies can expect more reliable support from the metropole.
 
I’d assume that the process would be similar to England’s — small Protestant minority in the 16th century, followed by steady growth, up to becoming the majority by the 18th.

Hmmmm... Catholic migration is a must. Huguenots are not big enough to both colonise and keeping large numbers of Protestants in France to control it. Maybe something like the English did. In France's case the Catholics colonise and the French Huguenot King protects it from the English, Spanish and Dutch.
 
Hmm, perhaps Catholics attempts to colonize the American South like their Huguenot counter parts in OTL did. The Spanish seize their colony but instead of killing everyone just take it over and make it a beacon for French Catholics
 
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