During the American Revolution France desired to weaken Great Britain

France's support for the United States during the American Revolutionary War was motivated primarily by:

(A) enthusiasm for the revolutionary principles espoused by the Americans.
(B) a desire to weaken its rival, Great Britain.
(C) a desire to regain Canada and the Floridas.
(D) pressures from its ally, Spain.
(E) the hope of converting the United States into a French dependency.