Spain founded colonies in Florida, the Caribbean, and South America in search of resources.France established colonies in North America as a way to aid their trading with the Native Americans. French trading outposts had already been established in North America as a way to obtain furs and other resources for export.
Spain and France established colonies in America for the same reasons that England did (mostly for wealth and prestige). France and Spain established their colonies before England as well. France established colonies in North America as a way to support their trading with the Native Americans.
The French looked at America as a place to fish and hunt which other Europeans looked at it as a place to settle. As opposed to settling, like many other Europeans, the French wanted to use America to sell fur and make a profit from it
