Huh? “Americans they certainly were not”? What were they exactly? Are YOU American? Because by your definition, unless your ancestors were wearing feathers in their hair and watching the Mayflower dock, then I’d say you aren’t one either.
How long do you have to live here to be an American, and what do you have to look like?
It is called ACCULTURATION. It takes a long time. Do you believe that Obama’s amnesty automatically makes the illegals American? As for acculturation, look at Obama. That is part of his problem. He was never acculturated. He doesn’t believe “American” is worth preserving. Also, Indians watching the Mayflower dock were NOT American.