Yes, well, thank you France (and other countries) for your support during the RW. But it’s a faulty idea that if it wasn’t for the support of the foreign contingent, we wouldn’t have gained our independence. Eventually we would have become independent. As are all former Brit colonies that chose to do so. However, we might not have had as wise men as the ones who created the constitution. But, nevertheless, we would have eventually become independent.
Completely agree.
Look no further than the Professor confirming this (in contradiction to his overall theory):
"To the Mother Country, struggling for her very life, the scuffle in the New World seemed secondary."
As you mention, the colonists would have eventually won their independence...the Rev war was too distant for England and would have become far too expensive for them to continue in the long term.
The French support (appreciated) simply accelerated the inevitable.