France played a key role for the Americans during the war. They decided to ally with the Americans because they wanted a chance to undermine the British after several humiliating defeats against them during the French-Indian War. France supplied America with food, ammunition, and perhaps most importantly, somewhat experienced soldiers. One of France’s biggest contributions to the war was Yorktown. An army of French and American soldiers sieged Yorktown, which was occupied by Cornwallis’s army. Cornwallis was forced to surrender after the French navy cut them off from reinforcements, supplies, and
