Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
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As for George Washington and the others, your attempts are pretty childish at best.


I'm not recalling that the question was aimed at you at all.

But re: Geo. Washington et al., what proportion of the population of the Thirteen American Colonies were law-abiding and loyal British Subjects when that revolution broke out?

...and what happened to these people during and after that war?


Some of my ancestors, on my Father's side, were farmers on Long Island before the Revolution. As Crown Loyalists, they chose to remain English subjects, even though they had to pull up stakes and relocate to New Brunswick, rather than stay in New York as American citizens.