Patriots or Terrorists?

I think that the colonists that were in the Boston Tea Party are patriots not terrorists. First of all, they didn't kill anyone but only threw tea into the ocean. They didn't harm anyone but only caused problems to some people. They also did this to show their humanity and that they also have rights like everyone else in Britain. England treated them like slaves with all those heavy taxes. Troops from England also had rights to search through colonists' houses and businesses without permission, this violated the colonists' right that say that no one could enter other's house without their permission. Other than this, troops could live at any colonist's quarters without their agreement. The colonists also have to feed them and pay for them even though they were poor. This is really unfair of England to take advantage of their power. This is why the colonists in the Boston Tea Party weren't terrorists and just patriots wanting independence and to have their own country. They did this to fight for their rights. They didn't want to pay taxes for the tea they didn't even want. So they decided to throw the boxes of tea from the ships into the ocean.

In Egypt, people are protesting to get vote for a new leader. They are protesting to have their voices heard just like the Boston tea party where both people from these two big events are having their voices heard by doing different things. Both of the groups want justice and an end to the old days. They all have the rights to do this and it's also not terrorism. The Egyptians sang, waved flags, and held candlelight vigils for 18 days. They were protesting for 18 days and now to their success, their latest leader resigned and they now are able to vote for a new leader. Both of the different people sacrificed their time and lives to show their humanity, all those rights, and most important is to show that they also have the rights like everyone else in the rest of the world. They also showed that they could also change history no matter what.