The American Revolt collapsed against almost insurmountable odds. They were unable to economically compete with Britain, their military was weak, poorly trained, under-supplied and uneven, they were plagued by colonial infighting (both between their States and the factions within the Continental Congress), and they failed to gain the major support of other European powers. Americans still maintain a rebellious spirit today, but it is unlikely that the United States could have survived against Britain. Even a short term victory would likely devolve into various separated States which would be easily picked off and absorbed by Britain. Even so, the topic remains one of the most popular in counterfactual history, ranging from Ward Moore's The Opposition Silenced to Mr Turtledove's American Victory series. Often, these alternate histories feature things that are too far out, like the United States expanding to the west coast and into the Pacific and Pacific Northwest, and succeeding in war after war against it's neighbors in very unlikely circumstances, to the United States becoming an industrial behemoth that drains the Great Lakes to make more living space.
What if the United States had succeeded in the revolt and succeeded as a nation?