<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWakati wa Vita vya Uhuru wa Marekani, Ufaransa ilionyesha huruma kwa meli za Marekani zilizopewa mahali salama pa kuegesha nanga katika FWI, meli za kivita zilizovamia kutoka Saint-Barthélemy zilizama meli nyingi za biashara za Uingereza, na kikosi cha Martinique kilipigana na Waingereza huko Savannah, Georgia.  <response>: During the American War of Independence, Frances sympathies were American ships were granted safe anchorage in the FWI, privateers raiding from Saint-Barth??lemys coves sank many a British merchantman, and a Martinique regiment fought the British at Savannah, Georgia. 