Well france controlled t<span>he center of north america :) </span>Detroit, Quebec, Montreal, and what is now New York. Also: New Orleans, but that was in the 15th & 16th century. But france wanted colonies in America because Great Britain had sent better officers <span>and more troops to America. </span>
A few things including the following, the three G's were important to them, which is God, Gold, and Glory. they were trying to gather those things. also they wanted land to expand the kingdom, and they were especially looking for gold, and to be rich. exploration also got lots of people famous so many poor explored, and kings dominated other places like spain, while they were focused on expanding. hope i helped, tag me if you need help
René Descartes was a French philosopher who attributed that bodily movements and motions were propelled by tiny animal spirits.
Descartes says that these animal spirits travel throughout our bodies in the circulatory system and passes through the brain and heart, where the animal spirits signal the nerves to move our bodies.
According to Descartes, these animal spirits are the finest particles in the blood and through the principle of passion, these participles propels the movements of the spirits and heart.
Expansionist justified the idea of Manifest Destiny because they said they were spreading democracy. They wanted everybody to be live like they do and to be democratic and what better way to do that than by spreading the word to the people living on the land that they already conquered.