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Recently got into the American Revolutionary war, and am fascinated by the maximalist alternate histories presented here-several fascinating books, numerous articles and untold thousands of posts have been presented which see a total British victory which strongly underestimates Patriot resilience and resolve, undoes about fifteen years' worth of history at Saratoga, a reverse Yorktown, a failed crossing of the Delaware etc and somehow leads to a 100% victory and complete lack of resistance-a-la-Marion/Sumter/Pickens/Mel Gibson sorts

Earliest point of divergence being after the Siege of Boston, Do you think colonies like New York, New Jersey, Georgia or South Carolina who had a large (Or even dominant) loyalist population could have remained part of the Empire had Howe/Clinton/Cornwallis/Local commanders played their cards right? And if so which ones are more likely than others?

I'm fascinated with how much of a difference having even just Georgia and the Floridas remain British at wars' end, creating a Southern Canada of sorts if the military situation had been different, or if Dunmore had just fortified Norfolk and held out-would Norfolk still be British Today? Would a New England separated by Loyalist colonies eventually become independent/pro-British/something else?
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