A relatively small percentage came here for "freedom" - mostly religious groups - but most who came here did so because of economic opportunity. Just lots and lots of contemporaneous accounts of people describing the lack of economic future/opportunity in Europe and desire for a place where they had a chance to own land or otherwise make their fortune.
The other thing is that Englishmen were more "free" than just about anyone else in Europe, and generally took pride in that. England was really ruled by Parliament, not the King, which was different from the rest of Europe. The "rights of Englishmen" were something talked about constantly by the Founders and by other colonists. English common law gave common people rights that other Europeans simply didn't have. They were actually proud of that.
The primary complaint of the colonists was that they were being denied the rights and representation to which they were entitled as Englishmen. So in that sense, they were very patriotic because they believed in that English system. It's just that it was denied to them. Englishmen.. So in that sense, they were very pro-English. It wasn't until they concluded they would never have the same rights as other Englishmen that they finally rebelled.
We disagree.
OK.
We are Citizens not Subjects.
But I have my own understanding of what has historically transpired.
What we witness is an attempt to End Capitalism. Most citizens don’t understand what international Banking and International Corporations and International Communists/Fascists are planning to do with the world.
International Banking has never been transparent. The bank is Broke, so they want to put the world back in their place as Slaves.
My answer is NO.
Central Banks: The use of Sovergien Immunities & Secrecy to Engineer a Global Coup (Catherine Austin Fitts, Bevrijding van Bedrog, Oct 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0YW81RA26I
Bank of International Settlement etc.
This all about what technology has allowed to take place.
CBDC, chains forged. Now they want to apply to the world and eliminate anyone who questions the self apporinted Kings, Queens and Lords.
I’ve always heard as many as 1/3 of the US didn’t want to leave the crown..?