Why did the french became allies with the american?

answers:
to get revenge for recent french losses in north america

to gain territory in the west

to protect the iroquols from british attacks

 To get revenge for recent French losses in North America.

Explanation:

The Seven Years War was fought in Europe from 1756-63.  That conflict as it extended to colonial territories in the New World was known as the French and Indian War.  Losing that conflict in North America to the British didn’t sit well with France. And so when the colonial Americans broke out in revolution against the British monarchy, France devoted enormous financial aid (as well as officer support) to the Americans. The cost to France for supporting America’s revolution added up to 1 billion livers  (about 4 billion in today’s dollars). This is part of what put France’s debt problem over the edge and led to the French Revolution.

the answer is b because, investigating whether another species of moth also drinks tears might be interesting, but it would not directly explain why this species of moth does.

to explain why this species of moth drinks tears, the scientist could ask: "what nutrients that moths need are in elephant tears? "

the scientist could experiment with moth repellent or oter ways to keep the moths away, but that would not answer his original question.

answer: gold foil experiment - he shot alpha particles at a gold foil

explanation: