From Wikipedia: "Washington's great-grandfather John Washington immigrated in 1656 from Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, England, to the English colony of Virginia where he accumulated 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of land, including Little Hunting Creek on the Potomac River. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia,[13] and was the first of six children of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington."
Washington's ancestors came from Britain and he grew up in a British colony. George was a British subject. No different, I'm sure, from a lot of the Loyalists and Red Coats. Washington and friends just decided they had had enough of British rule.
Or are you saying Washington was American before the U.S. existed?
What I meant was that some Brits had the balls to break away and form America. Apparently there are some folks in modern Britain with similar attributes. At the moment, the rebels are more visible there than they are here.
Yes....their ancestry was British.
I took your post literally.
:-)
I do agree about the comparison of those brave Brits who broke away, to the New World, to those protesting these absurd lockdowns, in UK, today.
We need more there....and, here!