Original sentence: It took place shortly after war had broken out and proved to be an important victory for American morale
Edited sentence: It took place shortly after war had broken out, and would prove to be an important victory for American morale.The battle was of large disparity between the ships, USS Constitution had nearly 50 percent more men, more firepower, heavier tonnage and heavier scantlings (which determine how much damage enemy shot does to a ship) than Guerriere, Guerriere was rotten and had lightning damage as well as being weakly built as a French ship meaning that the fight was not surprising, and of no where near equal strength