The US was hardly “one people”, from the French in Vermont to the Dutch in NJ/NY to the Germans in Pennsylvania to the “English” along the coast. They were in the same boat (too small to be relevant on their own), and they chose the same course.
1/4 of Ireland never gained there independence anyway, and the rest chose “European” masters instead of “English” ones. The US is giving away its sovereignity to Mexico and Canada (and the UN); we shouldn’t be throwing stones.
What names do you see on the Declaration of Independence? Never mind the genetic ethnic backgrounds of the people that actually did settle in PA.
So because a quarter (less actually) of Ireland didn’t “gain their independence” from Britain (never mind not seeking it), that means that the rest of Ireland should also (yes, also) lose it to the EU? and because the US government is doing the same kind (not quite) of selling out that the European national governments are doing to the EU, conservative Americans should not speak up against that either?