Sorry, pal, just because they said it, did not make it official.
There were plenty of Tories in America who did not agree with the men you mentioned, and only 3% of the men in the colonies fought the Crown.
5 years of fighting and sacrifice was necessary to make it stick.
Only until the British surrendered their claim to the colonies, and a treaty was signed, did America become a nation in reality.
Had it gone the other way, it would have been noted in history as a rebellion put down by the king of England.
“Sorry, pal, just because they said it, did not make it official.”
Well, it’s just the Declaration of Independence. It was written by a bunch of old, dead, white guys. Pay it no mind.
Sadly, your reaction is a reminder that many - maybe most - people today would not endorse the principles of the D of I. Or the U.S. Constitution for that matter.
In the view of many the Second Amendment is bad. Ninth amendment is bad. Tenth amendment is bad. Fifth amendment is bad. Electoral college is bad. Just because the founders wrote it, doesn’t make it official, “they say.”