The French were still bitter about losing to the British in the French and Indian War so the French allied with the Americans to avenge themselves from their lose against Britain.
France had been in an ongoing war with Britain and thought of this as a chance to defeat them.
the french agreed mainly because Britain was the common enemy of colonies and France
Because they were in dispute with Britain, and any reduction of British power or influence was jam to the French
France wanted to avenge the defeat by the British in the Great War for Empire.
Military aid - ships, guns, ammunition. Anything to annoy the English!
French colonists
The french gave the Americans secret aid
It showed that the colonists no longer recognized the English king.
There were strong hostilities between the French and the British
Battle of Saratoga
Benjamin Franklin. He got it after the Colonists won the Battle of Saratoga.
Military aid - ships, guns, ammunition. Anything to annoy the English!
The French primarily aided the colonists during the American Revolutionary war by providing supplies, and weaponry to the deprived Continental Army. French troops were also holding their front against The United Kingdom in Europe, thus weakening the British in the colonists favor.
Please rewrite the question. To answer a time frame is needed. Before the revolution or after the revolution.
With the French aid to America, and they blocked off the harbor to Yorktown and they aided in many other battles, along with giving supplies to the colonists.
france
what enterprise did both french and dutch colonists puesue
The Battle of Saratoga is usually considered the "turning point" in the American Revolution. Not only did it stop the British plan to divide the colonies, but it convinced the French that the colonists had a chance to defeat England and the French government agreed to recognize the new nation and to come to its aid with financial help and military aid, especially the French Navy.
French colonists
French colonists
The French King did (for the France, of course) and the Brisitsh king paid for his colonists.