France did not give open assistance to America until after the victory at Saratoga because
A) it trusted General Horatio Gates more than George Washington.
B) it could not deliver weapons effectively before that time.
C) it thought the colonists' chances of winning were very slim.
D) it was worried that American revolutionary ideas might spread to France.
E) it was hoping to regain French Canada by diplomatic bargaining.
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