if England had not been distracted by Continental misadventures, we probably would have lost our independence The American Revolution was just one battle in a general war --World War Zero.
This is an assertion, open to debate: Without the distraction of the French, we would still be British subjects up until the end of WW One.
A very LATE battle, IMNHO--like after the war was over. The American phase of the Seven Years' War was known as the French and Indian War; the war ended in the 1760s, IIRC.