Magna Carta Article 61
Hmmm. Actually, (and please correct me if I am wrong), it seems to say that you need to take your complaint to a body of some 25 Barons, and if they say your reasons are legitimate, and the Crown or its Justiciary has not offered redress within 40 days, then you may rebel - but
only under the leadership of these Barons, or a subset of at least 4 of them.
Hmm But if you don't convince these Barons that your cause is just enough to require redress, you appear to be scrod (a New England past tense form).
Oh, and you have to give all crown property back after the rebellion, once the grievances have been redressed.
It could make for an interesting alt-fiction 18th century court-room drama:
Peoples of the United Colonies vs. King George & Prime Minister Lord North, tried before the House of Lords (at least 25 Barons attending...)
- subplots involving trying to remove some of the Barons from London on one pretext or another by the Crown
- the colonists are trying various offerings moral or immoral on various barons ('this is called "corn whiskey"...'; 'well, this stuff grows like tobacco, but tastes a bit different. has a remarkable effect on one's mind...'; 'how about 10,000 acres of land granted in Kentucky?')
- months of argument about the various other titles vs "Baron"
- John Adams as an extremely combative attorney representing the United Colonies (Franklin: "No, John, I don't think you should deliver our closing statement. You're obnoxious and disliked at this juncture. Perhaps Mr. Lee of Virginia could read it out to them...")
Hmmm. Perhaps I should not stay up to watch 1776 at 1 in the morning...
Uncle Ted