what nation colonized morocco
This motivated Spanish and French people to take over other countries to show their prestige and to gain more power (Imperialism, Regents Prep Global History). France had already taken control of Algeria, which borders Morocco, and wanted to take over Morocco as well.By imperializing Morocco, the French were able to protect French Algeria (Imperialism in North Africa: Introduction, Women in World History: MODULE 9).Other general motivations for imperializing that Spain, France, and most European nations felt were that they wanted to maintain a balance of power with each other.eligion served as motivation because the French and Spanish wanted to send missionaries to Morocco to convert the Muslims and Jews to Christianity (Imperialism in North Africa: Introduction, Women in World History: MODULE 9).