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The Americans have more generals in the game than the British do, so having many small armies spread out is a good tactic for them since it only takes an army of one to change PC for free at the end of each turn and these American armies can deploy anywhere the British are not already present.
This "insect swarm" strategy actually gets quite problematic for the British, especially near the endgame, and a lot of British PC can be potentially lost through isolation by this tactic alone.
OTOH, if the American generals sit on the sidelines too long, then the British player is probably grinning ear to ear, especially if the French have not entered the game yet and Arnold has already been removed from the game, further diminishing the American numerical leadership advantage.
Having said that, the American armies on the sidelines in this game didn't seem to matter that much since the British didn't fare too well by not attempting to disperse the Congress after it was placed into western Virginia. I find that this is also typical of the games I have played. The Congress should not be ignored by the British if at all possible, even through feinting, in order to seriously stretch the resistance of the American armies. Without the Congress every turn, the position can become a house of cards for America quickly, but without the coastal containment, the British can quickly isolate the northeast in huge swaths.
Typically, the Americans will try to prevent the Congress from being dispersed by placing it away from the coast, as in your game, but then it is much easier for the British to at least threaten the Congress with their greater pool of reinforcements, thereby drawing the American armies away from the key coastal colonies of Rhode Island and Delaware, which is the easiest way for the British to win by exerting their usual naval and coastal advantages. When the Americans don't have enough force to protect both, usually because they haven't activated enough generals/armies or winter attrition has withered their active resistance, I think the British have better prospects for winning the game. Of course, this is all highly situational and purely theoretical rhetoric.
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