Which of the following was the most significant way in which the French aided in the American War effort

1. They provided ideological underpinnings. 2. They posed a heftier geopolitical threat to Britain. 3. They provided covert aid. 4. They shared money, men and materiel 5. They gave the upstart colonists political legitimacy.

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