Why did France not want to help the colonists at first?

France bitterly resented its loss in the Seven Years' War and sought revenge. It also wanted to strategically weaken Britain. Following the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was well received by both the general population and the aristocracy in France. So that France didn't want to help the colonists at first.

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