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It is best answered with the adage or Maxim that the "Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend". France and England had been enemies for years, decades and even for centuries and had just completed the Seven Years' Wars. They were enemies by tradition, culture, language and religion.

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Q: Why did the French help the colonists in the American Revolutionary War even though they are on different continents?
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