Which of the following encouraged france to ease the hardships endured by the continental army?

a)british defeats on long island and at fort lee
b)british victories in the battles of trenton and saratoga
c)colonial defeats on long island and at fort lee
d)colonial victories in the battles of trenton and saratoga

The Continental Army faced many problems with organization, money, and transportation.The Continental Army formed a special department, called the Quartermaster, to take care of getting needed items and them to help provide food, delivering soldiers in the field. The Quartermaster asked each state and its people to clothing,blankets and other items, but this did not result in having enough supplies to go around. Early in the war, the Quartermaster department wasn’t very organized and had problems getting the state governments to cooperate.Congress and the states were not able to raise the money needed to run the war effort. This created another hardship for soldiers. Pay rarely came on time,and when it did come, it was often in the form of increasingly worthless paper money made by the states or Congress.Colonial victories in the battles of Trenton and Saratoga encouraged France to help ease the hardships endured by the Continental army.The Battle was the impetus for France to enter the war against Britain, re-invigorating Washington’s Continental Army and providing much needed supplies and support.The turning point in the Revolutionary War began as a plan by the British to strategically control Upstate New York and isolate New England from the Southern colonies in an effort to decisively put an end to the Revolution.