You are joking aren't you ?
Have you never heard of the 13 colonies ???
These colonies wanted independence from England because they had to pay taxes to the crown but had no voice in Parliament
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation#:~:text="No taxation without representation" is,American colonists for Great Britain.
As such , Washington was regarded as a traitor by the English :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-george-washington-was-a-traitor/2016/01/29/9e527058-c46d-11e5-b933-31c93021392a_story.html