The insurrection was different than the Revolution.
The colonies were governed by an empire which restricted self-government and political rights.
The insurrection was a revolt against a government governing with the blessing of the People. A government which had been in the control of the South with only three presidents who were not from the South or accepted slavery
Big difference, as you should know.
Was the Revolution an insurrection?
The colonies were governed by an empire which restricted self-government and political rights.
You don't have to justify morally what the colonists did. You have to cite the law that allowed them to do it.
What law allowed the Colonists to secede from the United Kingdom? Isn't that your argument for the Confederates? That they had no legal right to leave?