The USA was declared a new nation after the war of independence, and recognized by the British soon after. And then they declared war on us again over trade restrictions and the fact that we forced a bunch of Americans to serve in the Royal Navy. Among other things. So we literally burned their house down.
In short, yes, the USA was a new nation by that point.
Edit: Train, the place was shown in American artwork to have been completely razed to the ground. What sort of nuclear powered arrow did that, and why were these Native American Hulks losing to the US colonizers?
Edit edit: downvoted because it was incorrect (you know, the right reason to use the vote function... Oh, apparently you don't), commented on because I find the idea of a dude firing an arrow at the white house and then it utterly exploding rather amusing. *twang* *booooom* "wtf"
This could be interpreted in many ways. The United Colonies fought against Great Britain under the Continental Congress and at some point changed its name to the United States. However, under the Articles of Confederation (until 1789), it was nothing like today with every state being truly independent. The first constitutional republic was formed when the Constitution was ratified in 1789. The states were still sovereign but there was now a President and a national court and two branches of Congress. This was ended by Lincoln in 1861 when the empirical presidency was formed under the second constitutional republic and the states becoming less and less sovereign from that time on. This is the USA we know today but, no Americans were British after the Treaty of Paris.
1776 is considered the birth year of America, and since The War Of 1812 occurred after that...
That was the War of 1812 and the USA was the USA for some 29 years. (Treaty of Paris that internationally recognized the USA was 1783)
US declared independence in 1776. The war of 1812 - 1814 was when US tried and failed to take over BNA, now Canada.
The revolutionary war had ended a good thirty years prior, so an entire generation had been raised without British rule. Add in the fact that most of of the royalists left during the 1780s and it's unlikely there was a significant population of Americans who considered themselves British subjects. A good portion of the country was against the war effort but that was mostly for economic and political reasons rather than any British patriotism.
Why would we need an executive mansion for a President if we were still under British rule?
We didn't like the colour !
It was only painted white to cover up the burn marks, so we actually did you a favour !
It's t' way oi tell 'em .... jus lyk tha'
Evidently you do not understand either the concept or definition of the word "independence".
I know we burnt the Whitehouse down during the war of 1812 but at that time was America, America as we know it now or where the people still just British settlers
