In what way was the British Government "held accountable"? British leaders in Britain weren't held accountable, and many of the eventual founders were high level bureaucrats in the British government of the American colonies.
Britain as an entity certainly faced consequences from US independence, but they didn't behead the queen (which *did happen 20 years later in france).
Declaring independence from a distant seat of government is vastly different and vastly easier than trying to overthrow the local government.
I'm not talking about punishment or punative action. I'm talking about accountability, where being 'held accountable' could be a synonym for 'held responsible'. In this case, the way I used the phrase, Britain was 'held responsible' by simply being told to 'go away'.
I agree that many people blamed the British Government for their problems, indeed that was the impetus for the revolution, but accountability of the British government was limited to none.
you: Britain as an entity certainly faced consequences from US independence
me: The 'holding accountable' was the revocation of Britain's authority over the colonies.
Glad we agree.