Ubisoft has nothing against the British in Assassin's Creed III

"It's assassins versus Templars. There's a revolution going on and Connor will experience all facets of it. It's not as simple as Templars backing the crown and assassins backing the patriots, it's really two factions at war against the backdrop of another war. I have nothing against the Brits. It occurs against the backdrop of the Revolutionary war. And to be even more evasive, everyone back then was a Brit, this was not Americans against British - this was a British civil war." - Assassin's Creed III lead scriptwriter Corey May

Perhaps I've been out of the loop on this one. Has there really been all that much backlash with this? I really haven't heard many complaints at all.

Full interview here