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Land that was easy to defend. Fertile land for farming and herding. Easy access to sea ports for trading.
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War breaks out in Europe between France and Spain. This situation first becomes known to the Spanish in east Texas later that year when seven French soldiers from the Natchitoches post "attack" the Spanish mission in an amusing incident that has come to be known as the Chicken War.
Because of the trading posts in Lisbon, it became the only entrance point for Asian goods into Europe. It was either that or deal with the Arab traders through the middle east and that was not economically viable, so they all started trading with Portugal.
