Why did the French want to colonize Louisiana?

to establish trade with the Spanish

Explanation:

in Texas via the Old San Antonio Road (sometimes called El Camino Real, or Kings Highway)—which ended at Nachitoches—and to deter Spanish advances into Louisiana. The settlement soon became a flourishing river port and crossroads.

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