If I remember correctly, King George questioned that. The colonials backed up their play with force of arms, successfully, which resulted in the favorable outcome.
Should the king's men have prevailed, I doubt it would have mattered where the colonials thought their rights eminated from.
And thus the greatest nation in the history of man would have been destined to be ruled by another dictator whose laws were supported by big guns.
Are nation had the freedom to go through a Civil War, where "moral right" prevailed over democracy.