English/British and French Colonies

Let's say that Spain and Portugal never colonized, whether it was because Columbus went to England/France, or whether it's because the two Iberian nations were too busy with wars. Whatever the reason may be, let's assume two scenarios.

Scenario A: The English are the first to discover the New World, accepting Columbus. Where are some likely places for him to land? What would English/British expansionism look like in the Americas? Just like how Spain colonized the Caribbean, then Mexico, Colombia, Peru, etc, what kind of path do you think the English might take? Basically, what are the effects of having the English be the first to colonize?

Scenario B: The French are the first to discover the New World, accepting Columbus. Where are some likely places for him to land? What would French expansionism look like in the Americas? Just like how Spain colonized the Caribbean, then Mexico, Colombia, Peru, etc, what kind of path do you think the French might take? Basically, what are the effects of having the French be the first to colonize?

The Spanish were notoriously inefficient.

They wanted gold and nothing else. They failed to properly exploit the agricultural wealth (sugar, tobacco, cotton) of the new world for centuries. They did little to encourage colonists, especially women, to emigrate.

I read a statistic that in 1700, Great Britain did more trade in bulk with Barbados than Spain did with their entire empire.

Entire colonies languished because Spain's merchant fleet was insufficient for supplying them and the restrictive merchantile trade practices did nothing to spur innovation or colonization. That is why, centuries after their "discovery", many Caribbean islands were still vacate and fell into the hands of Britain, France and the Netherlands. These would prove to be enormously profitable sugar plantations.

Without a doubt, France, the Dutch Republic and Britain would be more efficient and the wealth of the continents would be properly exploited.

Portugal was better than Spain in this catagory, yet I have no doubt Brazil would prosper more greatly under another nation's care as well.