Through the grants of power in the constitution, the framers sought to:
a. define the powers of state governments.
b. create a government in which sovereignty was invested in the national government only.
c. enumerate the rights of individuals.
d. both empower government and limit it.

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.