[dangus]

Not one of ours. He fought for the insurrectionists.

[Pelham]

Not one of ours. He fought for the insurrectionists.

Which is what Tory Loyalists said of George Washington until their side lost and they left for Canada.

[DiogenesLamp]

So did George Washington. The difference was, when Washington fought the British, there was no question that this was rebellion against the King, but with the Declaration of Independence, they asserted that independence was a natural right given by God.

Presumably this would have been the new paradigm adopted by this nation, because it is the very justification for our own independence.

Fighting against the right of states to become independent is King George III's position. Not George Washington's position.