Why Was English Chosen as the Lingua Franca Language Worldwide?

English:

Britain, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong.

Spanish:

Spain (Castillan Zone), and Latin Spanish in the Americas (e.g. Mexico, Colombia, Argentina).

Portuguese:

Portugal, Galicia, Brazil, and is spoken in some African countries (e.g. Angola).

French:

France, Quebec, and is spoken in some African countries (e.g. Guinea).

* Catalàn (Spain's Catalàn Zone & Andorra) falls under a mix of Portuguese, Spanish and French so it is its own language.

One of the reasons it's English and not a Latin language is because it's easier to get used to, but complex to learn to the fullest. Portuguese, Spanish, French use accents (á, ã, é, ê, ú, û, õ, ō, ç, č, í, î, ī, ñ, ń) on its letters which makes it sound and look different from each other.

And that it's the most known spoken language in the Western World as well as elsewhere (Asia, Africa).

Fun-fact: The Spanish use question marks and exclamation marks upside down (¡ !, ¿ ?) when they post a sentence or a question.