A lot of them don't distinguish between British rule and US. They actually think all those mentioned were born across the pond.

They seem to think when Washington crossed the Delaware, he was actually crossing the Atlantic, and he just arrived from England when the war started.

Like I said, ignorance.

Why do you think I don't tell my mother I'm a truck driver?
She thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse, and she's real proud.
Please don't tell her, she would be greatly disappointed. ;)

BHSC