Did Britain Attempt to Retake America at One Point?

So another long story made short (I am good at that):

Americans get tired of British rule and threw some tea in Boston Harbor (of which I am not far from as I write this), and then establishes the United States as a “free nation.” But the reasonable size of the British armada and the absolute crushing defeat at the hands of revolutionaries does not seem like the kind of thing Britain would have just accepted si easily (due to their global supremacy at the time).

So the question is, did Britain attempt to retake America? You think you know the answer but you might find yourself surprised at the way it all actually played out:

See, some things they just don’t teach you in History class!

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