France
Dreams of American independence, ironically, depended on the international opinion and foreign diplomacy. Colonists sought the recognition and support of other nations, but none so badly is that of France, Britain is powerful, long-standing enemy. The French had been seeking an opportunity to avenge its defeat in the seven years’ war, and the French officials had, in fact, been counting on a political crisis in the American colonies to provide such an opportunity.
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A protectorate is a state that is controlled and protected by another sovereign state. ... A protectorate is different from a colony as they have local rulers, are not directly possessed and rarely experience colonization by the suzerain state.
