RE: England, NOT the moth
same reason I need a passport to enter both countries, which ok, is a lot less than many other countries need, simple fact is this: upper canada and lower canada (quebec) already exsisted before the revolutionary war (or as some call it in the uk, the second civil war).
You have a relationship with a great many countries, as do we, but the bonds are slightly different, same with the USA, but, to their credit, the US has never forgotten where it came from.
My father's family are Franklin's, legend has it his ancestors moved back to old blighty after a disagreement with his father (presumably the father and son trouble with Ben Franklin), now he moved up to upper canada, but he considered himself "British" not american, so basically you can see why I'm carrying this argument on, but to say your mother country is the US would effectivly deny the whole of canada's history, and effectivly wipe my ancestor's off the map.
nope, the early canadians considered themselves VERY british, sad tale really, he never really did feel at home in Reading, where the young Franklin ended up, and he never spoke to his father again.
But he never ever considered himself American
