At what point did colonists/immigrants to the United States stop identifying themselves based on their country of origin and rather as Americans?

by KiIroywasHere
sleepyrivertroll

So I'm old and have been here way too long and actually remember this being posted before after almost a year.

Here is the post and it has a pretty good write up.

VRT9

For immigrants, I expect it varies, depending upon how well they blend in, or how easily someone can tell they're "foreign".

For white people, it might be when they lose their country-specific accent, which would usually be the first generation born in the US.

I know that for many brown people, it is an ongoing process. They may have been born here, they may be 2nd or 3rd generation Americans, but they still get questions like "but where are you from really?" That is, they may identify themselves as Americans, but others do not, and constant reminders of that may reinforce a sense of being foreign.

So far as the colonists go, I am not qualified to answer. I expect the majority started identifying themselves as American soon after independence from Great Britain.