Colonist are not terrorist or patriots?

On last Social Studies class we learn about the American Revolution. We learn about the Boston Tea Party, about 1774 the Colonist were really mad, as a result they dress up as Indians and threw out ALOT of tea out of board.

In my perspective I can say that the colonist were terrorist. I think there terrorist because there act is a acting of a crime. They could have do a un violent argument with the British but they decided to cause violence. If that's not enough they were also good Smugglers, it just basically says that Colonist were basically a total terrorist.

I could relate the Colonist behavior could be relate to like the ETA in Spain which they love their countries and is believe to cause crimes like exploding cars and so on. Based in the state of Basque, ETA causes violent conflicts. The Colonist is like that because they also believe to use a violent. They could actually bargain in a peaceful not in a un peaceful and violent way.