Social studies/texas history!

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Explanation:

The Spanish and French were both, indeed, European powers who had an interest in expanding influence in the new world, primarily to increase the wealth and influence of their countries. They had conflicts over who would control what area of land and land shifted hands many times, but overall,  both wanted to expand their influence for the sake of international competition and the expansion of resources for each.

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explanation:

well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns