In addition to this, the British most likely would have punished the rebels by seizing their personal land and homes, similarly to how they seized the estates of Scottish nobles who supported a rebellion against British rule. Doing this would radically alter the power structure in American society because huge amounts of American land may have gone to Hessian mercenaries. If the colonists had lost the war, there would have essentially been no United States of America at all because a British victory in the Revolution would have prevented the colonists from settling in the
In addition to this, the British most likely would have punished the rebels by seizing their personal land and homes, similarly to how they seized the estates of Scottish nobles who supported a rebellion against British rule. Doing this would radically alter the power structure in American society because huge amounts of American land may have gone to Hessian mercenaries. If the colonists had lost the war, there would have essentially been no United States of America at all because a British victory in the Revolution would have prevented the colonists from settling in the