Take the following as truth: During the American War of Independence, France's sympathies were  American ships were granted safe anchorage in the FWI, privateers raiding from Saint-Barth??lemy's coves sank many a British merchantman, and a Martinique regiment fought the British at Savannah, Georgia.
Then the following statement: "France sympathized with the Americans in their War for Independence. " is true, false, or inconclusive?