The british spelling comes from the conquest of the duke of normandy and was already being standardized before your independence.

This is again such a us-centric way of thinking.

“We are so important the british chnged their entire language just to spite us”

I really don’t want to be rude when I say this, but I can’t find any better qords: please get out of your bubble. This US-centrism really annoys others.

And don’t tell people to “go learn history”. It’s just bloody rude, even if you would have been right.