France is America's oldest ally because it wanted to establish a universal monarchy, & putting one over on the Brits was a good start. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/885542966424739841 …
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It didn't quite work out that way for the French because it managed to lose the Battle of Saintes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Saintes …
This was for control of Jamaican sugar trade... Best not to focus too closely on how Imperial powers, such as France, behaved back then.
