Took you a mere two hours to find someone using the word "American" to describe United Statians back then, in Washington's FAREWELL ADDRESS, NO LESS!
If you READ that segment with some degree of comprehension, you would understand that Washington's parting words were urging "Union" (as he oft referred to them) citizens to think of themselves as Americans, as opposed to "more than any appellation derived from local discriminations."
While not a member of any party - being against them, in fact - he did lean towards the Federalist ideals he espoused in that Address.
You said it yourself earlier:
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I guess you missed the part in history class where the articles of confederation were tossed in favor of a stronger central government binding the states together as one nation. You must've also missed the entire bit about the civil war, no? You know, where some states believing they were part of a loose federation decided to go their own way and ended up getting torched?"
Yes, the Constitution strengthened a centralized (Federal) goverment, and again, yes, the Civil War gave further cause for those supporting this ideal, JUST. LIKE. I. SAID, ya daft twit. Thus the identity of being a citizen of one of the States was eroded in favor of the notion of being a citizen of America.
If you have anything else to offer to verify what I had stated earlier, do go ahead.
You can't be this stupid.
- Oh wait, you are.