Partly true, but those English rights still were subservient to the king. American political theory broke with that by inverting the relationship of power completely through the doctrine of negative rights, which served to intrinsically negate royal sovereignty altogether.
“Partly true, but those English rights still were subservient to the king.”
Kirk considered that view to be an innovation by King George which the colonials were reacting against. There were no American representatives sitting in Parliament to vote on the taxes George III was imposing.
American colonials already had long experience with self government in their local affairs. They were content to remain loyal British subjects until King George began violating their rights as Englishmen.
The American Revolution produced no radical social changes, it produced political independence and solidified self government. By contrast the French Revolution was a radical revolution, it involved a war against traditional French society, culture, and religion in addition to political change.