[WhiskeyPapa]

That is false. There was no secession from the Union when the government was changed. The Articles stated in many places that the Union was PERPETUAL. It never claimed the government was perpetual.

Good point.

E PLURIBUS UNUM was adopted in 1782, and so it has remained unbroken since that time.

Walt

[justshutupandtakeit]

As early as before the first Continental Congress the enlightened colonists considered themselves Americans, a distinct people.

Washington's horror of disUnion caused him to write the Farewell Address. Typically it is presented (falsely) as a plea for isolationism. It is nothing of the sort and the main reason it calls for standing aside from Europe's quarrels is the fear that becoming involved on France's side would bring about the destruction of the Union through Civil War.

This is also a big factor in his turning away from Jefferson who forfeited the Great Man's friendship through duplicity, malice and lies about him and his administration.