Indeed and we must forget those other colonists who came to what is now the eastern seaboard of the United States like the Dutch (Remember New Amsterdam?) or the Germans, but native born Americans were, despite their heritage, still subjects of the crown and they did, whatever they may have thought of themselves, rebel against the King. The Americans who were loyal to the crown (which was quite a large number) fled to Canada where their decendants flourish today. I daresay, if the American Revolution never took place today, 'Canada' and the 'US' would be one of the largest countries in the world today! PS As a matter of interest, and its off topic, but to underscore my above point, Alex. Hamilton couldn't become President because he was not native born. If memory serves me correctly, he was born in either Jamaica or Barbados.