Are Patriots Terrorists? - Boston Tea Party

          On January 18, 2012, in Ms. Torie's class, we had a socratic seminar about the Boston Tea Party. On December 1773, patriots went disguised as Mohawk Indians and sneaked up onto 3 British ships stored with tea chests.  The British knew that the colonists wouldn't pay the tax for the tea, but they still insisted on bringing the tea and the royal governor of Massachusetts said that the ships shall not return with the cargo, but with the tea unloaded.
          The patriots smashed the tea chests and dumped them overboard. Not that they didn't know it was precious, but they were trying to reveal the message, which was to stop the taxation on tea.
          In my opinion, the patriots are not terrorists, they know that the tea is very valuable, but they are just sacrificing to try to send the bigger message. It's just like the red shirts and yellow shirts today in Thailand. Both sides love Thailand, but they are doing what they think is right, but they just don't have the same perspectives. Also, I don't think it is fair at all for the British to tax everything, even tea. It is just too much. The patriots and other colonists are also people, they should have equal rights! What if the patriots haven't done this? Then maybe all this taxing won't stop and they can't gain their rights.