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It wasn't just the Americans, the French also supported the indian rebels against the British. It was the French connection that made popular the tales of indian resistance in America, and how Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan (father and son, rulers of then Mysore state in colonial India) became inspirational heroes for the American revolutionaries. (Why American revolutionaries admired the rebels of Mysore - https://aeon.co/essays/why-american-revolutionaries-admired-... ). Indeed, some speculate that if the French had not weakened, the Mysore rulers might have been successful in chasing away the British from large parts of India too.

But ofcourse, as soon as America got its independence, it chose to follow the British and become an imperialist too. The defeat in America also made the British obsessed about holding on to India, and change their strategy - a few decades later, they took over the direct administration of India.