France Gave Serious Consideration to an Alliance with the Rebel

France gave serious consideration to an alliance with the rebel colonies primarily because it regarded the war as an opportunity to

A) exact revenge on Britain for defeat in the French and Indian War and the loss of Canada.
B) defend Catholics in Maryland and Quebec against the potentially hostile Protestant Patriots.
C) annex Maine and regain the province of Quebec that it had lost during the Great War for Empire.
D) persuade the Americans to accept King Louis XVI's younger brother as their new constitutional monarch.