@Amanda Rudd. I suppose that it's possible, but that's a level of syncretism with which I'm not comfortable. And at a practical level, does one get two separate set of holidays off?
When I was 11 or so, my friend's mom send us out into the yard to play with a BB gun. We were horsing around and he pinged me in the leg. I thought, "What the hell are we doing playing with a gun?" We stopped.
It can be argued that the King's government was abrogating the guaranteed rights of his subjects in America, and therefore they owed him no more loyalty. Then rebellion would not be illegal.
Then my work here is done; my life's mission complete.