2 ms·
It's only "not helpful" because you don't have a good argument against it. :) Also, the founders were not British. Most of them were second and third generatio
by habinero 1y ago
It's only "not helpful" because you don't have a good argument against it. :)
Also, the founders were not British. Most of them were second and third generation immigrants.
In addition, I don't think you realize how funny this statement is:
> Ethnic politics had little opportunity to arise in these communities, which were individually mono cultural
I wonder if you can spot the massive gaping hole in this logic. I doubt it.
- newfriend 1y agoBeing born in a British colony in the early 1700s to British subject parents did in fact mean you were also a British subject. Several were also born in Great Britain proper. They were also nearly all ethnically English or Scottish. Indeed, most of the founding fathers were British.
- rayiner 1y agoThe Washington family was British landed gentry dating to the 12th century. Their ancestral home dates to the late 1100s.