[Sloth]

The American War for Independence was neither a rebellion, nor an insurrection as was the French Revolution. It was a biblical act of self-defense against a foreign invader. That foreign invader, the nation of Great Britain, acted without legal basis for its attempted conquest of the people of America. For this reason, I have long thought that a more appropriate title for the struggle would be "The War of British Aggression."

Sorry, I don't buy it. Britain had governmental authority over the colonies, one way or another.

[TomSmedley]

Britain had governmental authority over the colonies, one way or another.

Please see the famous Chapter XX of Calvin's Institutes. When the people at the top go off track, it is the duty of the "lesser magistrates" to coordinate resistance, while maintaining civil order. Even if the process requires executing criminals without a current warrant from the crown, as a certain Judge Lynch did.