[rockrr]

That doesn’t change the fact that The American Revolution was an open and violent rebellion to the authority of the crown.

[Ohioan]

Your comment implies something that was not intended. They defined what they were doing in the Declaration as separating from another people. They certainly were not trying to overthrow the Monarchy, rather to separate from its realms. The War Effort was a defensive one, against an occupying Army.

The Declaration of Independence should be carefully studied, by the way. It is not at all what it has been misrepresented as by many on the Left, and even some in the center. (See Declaration Of Independence--With Study Guide.)

William Flax