Will Kürlich Kerl
Banned
Challenge: Have Georgia side with the British in the American Revolution. What happens?
It was actually pretty Loyalist as it was. This came not from any sort of support for Parliament's policies that screwed them just as much as the rest of the colonies but rather from the fact that it was less than 50 years old as a colony and needed British protection from hostile Indians. They didnt send anyone to the first Continental Congress and they were the last colony to depose their royal governor.
Support for the American cause came from mercantile and urban population in Savannah. The backcountry, unlike pretty much everywhere else, was staunchly Loyalist. Geographics as much as anything made Georgia become independent. There was a lot more support for the American cause in Nova Scotia and some of the Caribbean Islands than in Georgia.
I don't think a miltary victory is the way to do it. Britain had lost control of the countryside by 1781, and was facing a protracted guerilla conflict in the countryside. Even if you presume the British hold onto Georgia, whatdoes this gain them? Without Florida, Georgia is highly indefensible, no?