French and spanish explorers differed moth in terms of their

French and Spanish differed most in their terms of why they colonized lands. France did it because they wanted to sail westward to Asia, but instead they colonized land here in North America because France couldn't get to Asia.

Spaim colonzied lands because they wanted to richest European country with the most land, and because they wanted to find highly priced European goods such as tea, gems, silk, etc.