Sorry countoftowergrove, but that is not exactly the case. While the British may have surrendered at Yorktown in 1781 (having already lost the war earlier at Guilford Courthouse, now Greensboro, NC) the colonists were long before known as Americans, and ceased any question of being British subjects on a most notable day in July, 1776.
Sorry countoftowergrove, but that is not exactly the case. While the British may have surrendered at Yorktown in 1781 (having already lost the war earlier at Guilford Courthouse, now Greensboro, NC) the colonists were long before known as Americans, and ceased any question of being British subjects on a most notable day in July, 1776.