The colonies weren’t a different country from England. I believe all of the founding fathers were born in British territory. But even additionally, the conglomeration of different European heritages created their own nation and state. Yes people immigrated into it however it was virtually an identical people so the only thing foreign about them was their birthplace, not their ethnicity.
The founding fathers were conquerers of an undeveloped land that the natives had plenty of time to do themselves. They’re no more immigrants than the “native Americans” were to the wilderness. The founding fathers created an entity able to be migrated INto (the im -part of immigrant) You can’t migrate into an area that isn’t something already.
@dryturtl Only if you consider Native Americans foreign to the Americas, that which of course would indicate that “native” and “foreign” are arbitrary terms
@dryturtl@ruwaromman What people were the founders of the United States of America and conquered the continent physically and the world idealogically? It ain’t Native Americans bub