Much of history is dotted with brave, shining examples of revolutionaries that rise up against governments who dare to oppose them. Yet how are revolutionaries so different from terrorists like al-Qaeda? How can these two rebels be on the opposite sides of the spectrum of moral and immoral? For example, George Washington is hailed as a founder of our nation since he led the American revolutionaries against the British. On the surface he seems to be a man who could not stand injustice, but he was a British citizen and therefore a revolutionary who attacked a government using terrorist methods. Another example would be those poor French men and women, revolutionaries, who revolted against Louis XVI because the King was starving the country while enjoying sumptuous feasts. Such a noble cause, yet they promptly started the Reign of Terror that used terrorism to validate and protect their new government. Though people would love to say a terrorist and a revolutionary are as different as can be, they are in actuality two faces on the same coin;