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In the Battle of Chesapeake the French fleet destroyed an English fleet that was going to relieve Charles Cornwallis. This led to the ultimate defeat at Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris being signed, leading to independence for the 13 Colonies.

But WI, for some reason, the French Fleet commanded by Comte de Grasse didn't make it to stop the British Fleet, would this have led to a victory for the British at Yorktown and then possibly the War of Independence being won by the British?

Personally I believe that if this had happened then the Siege of Yorktown would've been won by the British, and ultimately cripple the Revolution, but the British would've then slackened the harshness of the Acts being enforced on the Colonies at the time.

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