What was one way in which the Cherokee Indians attempted to keep their lands? A. They received financial assistance from the French.

B. They fought wars to keep control.

C. They built gigantic walls to protect their lands.

D. They adapted many qualities of the Americans.

France played a key role in the american revolutionary war (american war of independence; 1775–1783). motivated by the ideals of the new nation which were inspired by the french enlightenment, as well as its long-term rivalry with britain and so as to avenge their territorial losses during the french and indian war, france secretly began sending supplies to the americans in 1775.