From 1765 through 1770, NYC was the focus of rebellious thought and action(mainly because they were hit hard economically by the Brit pullout after the French and Indian War ended in '63), remember: the Stamp ACt Congress was there.
After 1770, the rebellion shifted to Boston and they certainly drove it. Once the Brits left the area when the cannons on Dorchester Heights were pointed at their fleet, the RevWar left MA as well.
As I wander around the backwash of Pa an Ny, I come across those “History of this Place” plaques. Big, blue, with yellow lettering.
From reading those short histories, one gets the impression that a lot of raiding went on and was pretty messy. Seems like a lot of it was carried out under the banner of revolution, but was really just raiding for economic purposes. Like the Letters of Marque that the pirates were offered, backwash settlers and Indians got the nod from whatever power was in the area.
I may be off base on that, but its my reading of the history plaques.
On another note, Thommy Paine’s Common Sense outlines Brit atrocities very clearly. You can’t read that work and come away with any other conclusion.