Childhood is idolizing George Washington. Adulthood is realizing that King George III makes more sense.
>Brits have to worship their rulers, even the Mad Kings who shit themselves
>>2292286
>Americans have to make up fancy stories about a cherry tree because their rulers are so fucking bland
i want all the monarcucks to leave.
>>2292274
>Reading Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense'
>Lampoons the King for not listening to the needs of his colonists and declares him a Tyrant
>Despite knowing full well that it was Parliament, not the King, which was meddling in the tax affairs
>Is actually upset that the King does not have more power to over-throw the whims of parliament and directly aid the colonies, which betrays his hatred of Parliament more than it demonstrates his love of freedom
>Find out Thomas Paine was routinely laughed at and booted out of Parliament, the one place he really wanted to be, and so his defection to the colonies was more out of spite for not finding his place in Parliament than his desire for liberty and freedom
Childhood is idolizing single figures. Adulthood is realizing everyone was greedy, except the Colonists had no national pride and thus took to being bank-rolled by the French without issue.
>>2292319
Better having a bland leader then a sickly leader who suffers from porphyria due to likely genetic disorders from being within the lines of a "royal" family so much.
>>2292349
>had no national pride
The American-British national split was finalized in the French Indian War and began much earlier.