Were they so inclined, could the British have - for lack of a better phrase, totally steamrolled the rebellious American colony, and why didn’t they?

by BlobZombie2989

I’m vaguely aware of things such as a potential alliance or at least cooperation between the colony and the French, as well as the White House being burned, but I think I’ve only really heard from rather biased sources. Was it really as simple as ‘they could have obliterated them but they were a piffling little colony not worth bothering about then’?

rasdo357

This question is dealt with to a large extent in the answers to this recent thread, especially those by /u/jpallan and /u/Shemanese in the responses to the original answer by /u/MaterialCarrot.