As of 1750, the colonist thought of themselves as British, and even more so after they had bought side-by-side with British sold
iers during the seven years war. What would make the colonist think of themselves as British? What indications can you say that they had become "American?"
The colonist think of themselves as British because the people who settle in the new world were the British citizen which migrated from the Britain long time ago so technically both of them have relationship from the same nation. They had become American because they lives on the land of America for centuries so they thought themselves the citizen of America.