<u><em>Basically for political interests and expansion. </em></u>
<u><em>Infact new leaders could be found in the different new cultures in case of problems with America or Europe. Through the conquest and migration, Polynesian culture was introduced in the isles too, beyond the initial territories</em></u>
There were many ideas that Rousseau and Voltaire gave the french people, but perhaps the most important was the idea of liberty and freedom from tyranny.