Good Morning, all
I was wondering about this the other day and I was hoping for comments from those of you who are more knowledgeable in this area than I am.
In a scenario where:
1) the British successfully put down the rebellion (I'm envisioning a successful Saratoga campaign), and
2) offer something close in spirit to Home Rule.
3) firmly place the cost of mainitaining the Army on the Americans.
Is there any chance that the crown would/could revoke various the colonial charters and create something like a series of Dominions of New England (I'm thinking, the Carribean, Quebec, New England, the Carolinas, Virginia and the Middle colonies) as the price for more independence.
Would the Americans accept this or are the colonial boundaries too firmly set in people's minds?
I can see this working in the favour of the Crown in a very Machiavellian way. It would focus internal dissent and inter-colonial rivalries on the dominion governments while dividing the colonies as a while.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
David