Dont mix the English up with the BRITISH. The British are a Union of England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland. The British Union was formed the same as the EU European Union of Nation States. All those NS in the EU are held hostage by the EU, same as England is held hostage by the BRITISH. The English gave the US the basis to its CONSTITUTION through the Magna Carta and Bill of Rights 1688
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/england.asp