@Polfusilier
What's the point of remaining peaceful if they'll give you 10 years anyways? I get not endorsing violence from the sidelines as a form of ass-covering, but the incentive structure here clearly favors going all the way. Brits who don't want to be invaded are in the old dilemma where the penalty for lateness is death, but the penalty for violent revolution is also death, and they're already late.