What was the significance of the French signing an alliance with the United States during the American Revolution?

A The alliance established a trading partner to insure the viability of New England merchants.

B The alliance created a connection between the United States and western French colonies.

C The alliance meant that the Continental Army would trade exclusively with France.

D The alliance provided the Continental Army with the support it needed to take on the British.

The declaration of independence, July 4 1776, only served to announce to the world that the 13 colonies considered themselves a sovereign nation. The world looked upon the revolution, as did many Americans, as a civil war within a single country. But when France recognized America as a nation, it was the first to do so, it validated America's claim.

Answer:

It was the first recognition of America as a sovereign country.

The correct answer is D) The alliance provided the Continental Army with the support it needed to take on the British.

The significance of the French signing an alliance with the United States during the American Revolution was that the alliance provided the Continental Army with the support it needed to take on the British.

This alliance was formally called Franco-American Alliance and later Treaty of Alliance, and was signed in 1778. This alliance represented a military agreement in which France would provide the Continental Army the supplies needed to better fight in the Revolutionary War against Britain. The treaty was finally reached after persistent negotiations of General Benjamin Franklin and the victory of the Continental Army in the battle of Saratoga.