How did South Carolina respond to Lincoln’s election? A) The state seceded from the Union.
B) The state militia attacked the Union at Fort Sumter.
C) The state assembly declared war on the Union.
D) The state called for Jefferson Davis to be president of the Union.

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.