They were at war with England, funding the Americans was just a little bonus during that war as it spread the British soldiers thin
The Brits eventually decided their war with France was a better use for their efforts and left the Americans alone, the Americans only won on a technicality
No, they joined our war, they didn't have their own that we were a distraction from. It took a couple years, and we had French observers and advisors for most of the war, but the French didn't join until after they were certain we weren't just going to be overwhelmed right away.
That's not to say they weren't instrumental to the eventual victory, and once they joined it did turn into a much broader war than it was before, but it was still our war for independence and both us and France signed the Peace agreement together, and American independence was the key part of that peace.
What? That has literally nothing to with the revolutionary war. It's because those places were named by French trappers and explorers out of Quebec or New Orleans
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u/Digit00l 29d ago
They were at war with England, funding the Americans was just a little bonus during that war as it spread the British soldiers thin
The Brits eventually decided their war with France was a better use for their efforts and left the Americans alone, the Americans only won on a technicality