Patriots Or Terrorists?

             In our social studies class, we’ve been studying about the American Revolution. In one class, all of the desks are lined up in circles and we started a Socratic seminar about Boston Tea Party. We discussed about the who what where when why and basically share out our opinions and questions we are curious off. The conversation went on and on until one meaningful question pop up, “Are patriots terrorists?” Some people started sharing their own ideas while others think critically about the question. In my opinion patriots are just ones or normal citizens who are loyal to their country. Sometimes, they might be too harsh into government because they really dislike it. For instance, the incidence of red shirts and yellow shirts. The red shirts of the yellow shirts are just normal citizen that are claiming for their own rights. But, the government didn’t listen to their requests and just ignore like it’s nothing. So, sometimes they might become violent. Or even the seminar discussion topic itself, Bloody Massacre. The colonists are claiming for their rights from unfair taxes and laws. It was the cause of the rebellion because the government just ignore, they didn’t meant to do this act. The colonists were having a spontaneous action that was really unexpected. So, I think that patriots are not terrorists apart from being too violent and harmful sometimes. But, I’m on their sides because they’re claiming for their rights!