My Bias, your opinion: Patriots vs. Terrorists

       Currently, in social studies class I am learning about the American Revolution. I am pretty sure that some readers out there are really familiar to this topic. Today in class an inspiring question appeared, "Are patriots actually terrorists?". This question really brought the class into a "metacognition mode". Everyone's faces suddenly became so serious and everyone began to flip their note for supporting details. In my opinion, patriots are just common citizens but they have a really loyal heart towards their country. They might be a little violent towards the government they dislike, but this doesn't mean that they are terrorist. For example, the Egyptians that were having this revolution in their home country. They are just common citizens such as the George and Sally you can find on the street. I know that they were sort of violent during the revolution, but if you think about the sad things they had to go through under that type of government. The pain, the sorrows, and the unfair treatment under that government. According to John Locke, humans will over throw a government when they dislike it. So this means that these patriots are standing up for their country because they love it and they need the change. In conclusion, patriots aren't terrorists because they have a really good and positive reason to throw over the government, and they have no intention to harm anyone because they love their country.