How did the american colonies gain the support of spain during the american revolution?

a. the colonies promised to allow spain to gain territorial control of cuba and the bahamas.
b. spain was hoping to regain gibraltar from the british, and after the battle of saratoga, had faith in the success of the colonies.
c. benjamin franklin traveled to spain and was able to persuade the royal court to put an embargo on british goods.
d. after the british navy fired on a spanish trading fleet, spain had no other choice but to join on the side of the colonies.

D. After the British Navy fired on a Spanish trading fleet, Spain had no other choice but to join on the side of the colonies.

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when we think of a­ncient paga­n kings, the ideas of justice and fairness probably aren't the first things to come to mind. we moderns may be more likely to imagine fickle, power-hungry despots who were ready to put someone to death on a whim. but king hammurabi, who ruled a prosperous and thriving babyloniaalmost four millennia ago, doesn't quite fit that mold. he claimed to have protect the weak from oppression, and scholars believe he fostered an atmosphere of justice and righteousness for his people.

this belief is based on an object that was discovered only a century ago. it has already earned a place alongside the rosetta stone as one of the most important artifacts of the ancient world. this stela (stone pillar) bears the inscription of the code of hammurabi, and it has shed light on the laws, culture and life in babylonia.

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