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Being 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 B
by newfriend 1y ago
Being 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.