The liberals are fond of using it to demean the Founders. They typically falsely compare it to later leftist-type revolutions, from the French down to the Russian et al. I’m more reminded of the secession of the Ten Tribes from Rehoboam’s unjust rule, at least in the beginning of that.
You’re just wrong. The founders recognized that signing the Declaration of Independence was an act of treason. They knew that if they were not victorious in the war, that they were all going to get the William Wallace treatment.