WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -France and Spain, for example, saw Britain as an adversary. They were harming their enemy by assisting the Americans.

Detailed explanation-2: -Patriots: colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -A number of European countries assisted the American colonists. The primary allies were France, Spain, and the Netherlands with France giving the most support.

Detailed explanation-4: -Along with Spain, France fought Britain both in Europe and overseas with land-based armies and naval forces, while Britain’s ally Prussia sought territorial expansion in Europe and consolidation of its power.

Detailed explanation-5: -Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or American Whigs, were the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution, and declared the United States of America an independent nation in July 1776.