https://www.britannica.

com/topic/treason :

Treason: the crime of betraying a nation by revealing secret things

To get charged with it in the US you have to betray he us by helping its enemies

https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/treason.html :

 The Whiskey Rebellion (1794) -- Several farmers led an armed rebellion against the
newly imposed whiskey tax. Two men were convicted, but later pardoned by President
George Washington.
 Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars (1949) -- The American broadcaster was hired by the
German Nazi government to broadcast propaganda during World War II. She was
captured in Germany, found guilty of treason, and sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison
in 1949, serving 11 years before her release.

https://englishlegalhistory.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/history-of-treason/ :

 Treason is perhaps the most infamous crime in English Legal History, due in part to the
horrendous punishment that came with it but also due to its often strong political
importance. The punishment that was often inflicted was the drawing of the traitor across
rough ground by horse, he would then be hanged to within an inch of death, followed by
being disembowelled, burnt, and beheaded. Your remaining carcass was cut into four pieces.
The punishment of being hung, drawn and quartered has morbidly captured the public’s
imagination for many centuries.
 Pre-13th Century Treason encompassed a wide range of activities. For example, these
included fleeing from battle, plotting the death of your King or Lord, forging your Lord’s seal
and committing adultery with the Lord’s wife. A particularly severe case is Peter of Wakefield
being hanged for predicting John would no longer be King by next year.

 In the 13th Century and onward, a distinction began to emerge between High Treason and
Petty Treason. Broadly, High Treason was an act of betrayal against your King, whereas Petty
Treason was an act of betrayal against your immediate Lord. The latter crime came to
encompass the murder by a wife of her husband or the murder of a Bishop. Indeed, the crime
of Petty Treason disappeared in 1828 as it was downgraded to murder. It is interesting note
that the benefit of clergy, which originally protected religious officials from prosecution
outside of the non-religious courts, was held not to apply to High Treason.
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