Not supporting MichelleO, but I believe that at the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Signers were technically British Citizens and subjects of the Crown (England). That’s why they call it a Revolution.
I’ll take a stab at this - the land where each original colony was mapped out - that was called America, was it not? After Vespucci who charted the Americas.
Americans living in one of the original 13 colonies came together and decided they wanted to govern themselves instead of being subject to the monarchy overseas.
Once the Declaration of Independence separated us from England, we were called the United States of America.
Just my thoughts.
Most of them were born in America and they called themselves Americans well before the WoI. MO is an idiot.
“Not supporting MichelleO, but I believe that at the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Signers were technically British Citizens and subjects of the Crown (England). That’s why they call it a Revolution.”
You could have done better than that.
The woman was not talking semantics like you give her credit for.
Plain and simple, she was making a point that the people who created the USA were not from this place.
A bold faced Lie designed to assist the dissolution of this country’ s heritage and fabric