France gave a serious consideration to an alliance with the rebel colonies primarily because it saw an opportunity to...

   

• exact revenge on Britain for defeat in the French and Indian War and the loss of Canada.
• defend Catholics in Maryland and Quebec against the potentially hostile Protestant Patriots.
• annex Maine and regain Quebec.
• persuade the Americans to accept King Louis XVIs younger brother as their new constitutional monarch. 

ANSWER: France gave a serious consideration to an alliance with the rebel colonies primarily because it saw an opportunity to exact revenge on Britain for defeat in the French and Indian War and the loss of Canada.