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Why did France decide to support the United States after the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 mainly?

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the Americans and the French agreed to work together until the colonies were free and not to make separate treaties with the British.
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They joined because of their hate for Britain.

United by their mutual resentment of the British, the Americans and the French agreed to work together until the colonies were free and not to make separate treaties with the British.
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