Don't forget the french having any excuse to stick one over on the english...
How would the colonial civil war have shaped up without the aid of the french? (rhetorical question - we'll never know, or care at this juncture hehe).
Just so long as everyone understands that 'The Patriot' was about as historically accurate as 'Braveheart', or 'U571' for that matter. The first two were good stories, nothing more. As for U571, well, the less said the better haha.