Whether someone is a categorized as that or a freedom-fighter largely depends what side you are on during, and who wins after (and gets to write the books). On

Whether someone is a categorized as that or a freedom-fighter largely depends what side you are on during, and who wins after (and gets to write the books). Once you win, everything you did to win gets written down as righteous and the other side vilified (they forced you to do it). It doesn't take much imagination to guess what the US founding fathers would be called if they lost, by Britain.