Besides sheer revenge against Britain πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§, what did France πŸ‡«πŸ‡· hope to gain by supporting and funding the US in the American Revolution?

Did they think that Britain would retreat entirely from North America, thereby leaving Canada for France to take back?

Or that the new US nation would hand over the Mississippi valley out of gratitude?

How did they hope to get back even a fraction of what they spent?

Posted Aug 10, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC

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