[the OlLine Rebel]

See, there you go again.

Bottom line, the colonies were part of the British empire. So yes, they WERE British.

[BroJoeK]

the OlLine Rebel: "See, there you go again. Bottom line, the colonies were part of the British empire. So yes, they WERE British."

And in this post you prove my point: you live in a fantasy world of your on creation.
In fact, nobody here has ever suggested that Americans weren't colonies of Britain, or conversely, that Americans ever had all the rights of Englishmen.