anchor: During the American War of Independence, France's sympathies were  American ships were granted safe anchorage in the FWI, privateers raiding from Saint-Barth??lemy's coves sank many a British merchantman, and a Martinique regiment fought the British at Savannah, Georgia.
positive: France sympathized with the Americans in their War for Independence.
negative: The French did not sympathize with the Americans in their War of Independence.