There are many countries in the world that speak French. They may speak French because of colonialization. Europeans countries took over non-developed nations fornatural resources or valuable minerals.So many places speak French because they were colonized by the French, at times through an act of war with the country, and they took it by force. That is why there is French in Canada and Tahiti, and some in Louisiana. We speak English, since the French and Dutch who came to North America assimilated to the larger culture, or left, except the French of Quebec.