PianoGuy24(1) minutemen is plural, please use weren’t instead of wasn’t (2) As a historian of the British Empire I can tell you that the Great Britain had a worldwide empire to protect or they could have easily destroyed the rebellion in North America,(3) The Parliament had leaders much like G. W. Bush who didn’t want to pay for the wars they started. So sensible statesman voted to give up the fight.
You are right Bruce your brain does “secrete” ( see line 2.