Some errors in judgment.
It’s a big error to assume that the revolutionary war caused Americans not call themselves British. They saw themselves as British a-priori. They called the redcoats regulars. The issue in those days was to determine who would rule the colonies. When the revolution ended and the independence was declared, the Americans still thought of themselves as British. Not much really changed in that regard until much later, and that was because USA became a land of the free and the home of the brave through multiple migrations.
Another error occurs regarding calling people Protestants. I do not know any protesters or Protestants after the reformation was established. Only the Roman Catholics, not willing to admit having been finished by the reformers, still insist that they are protesters. But think about carefully: how could the victors be protesting? Ridiculous.
Still another error is to think that by using the word Catholic (meaning worldwide, or universal) we are automatically referring to the Roman Catholics. But there is the Episcopal Catholic Church, and the Anglican Catholic Church. The members of this two churches combined are about a tenth of the members of the Roman Catholic Church. If you look at the numbers, and you are naïve, you could think of the Roman Catholics as more powerful. But the power of the other two Catholic Churches is far far greater in ruling the world through democracy. I thought I’d provide this thoughts in the appropriate timeframe of Independence Day.
