Because these people offer them financial stability
They were strongly supported by all of the founders of the constitution.
That would be Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The French Revolution was responsible for inspiring revolutions in Latin America. The French found inspiration in the American Revolution- a decade earlier- and the French colony of Haiti revolted as a direct result of the upheaval in France. French control of Spain also caused Spanish colonies to rule themselves, and eventually rebel once the Spanish king returned to power.
