Are there actual records of incidents such as when all the villagers are burned alive in the church? Or butchering wounded US soldiers? Or is this merely portraying the colonists in a positive light as the victors often are.
Also out of curiosity, and I know I am asking for speculation, is there any academic insight as to what America would be like today had war been avoided between England and the colonies? What were British plans for North America?
Yes, more than two hundred women and children were burned alive inside a church, and shot by a company of soldiers when they attempted to escape the flames through the windows. This happened in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane a few days after the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 at the hands of the SS.
The filmmakers obviously thought this was an entertaining story and so they adapted it for the movie. The film is about as historically accurate as "Hackers" accurately depicts hacking.