Patriotic Terrorists

It is clearly evident that the sons/daughters of liberty abhor the British. I as a student, easily got fooled by their so called name, "patriots." As their title says so, people assume that they were innocent victims of the British, who was struggling to fight for their liberty. These "patriots" boycotted the British in ways like the Boston Tea Party, where they destroyed valuable products. This I suppose was uncivilized and barbarous. Can we still call them patriots when ethnic groups like the Taliban are fighting for what they believe in? The Taliban is very much similar to the patriots. Their goals were to reform Muslims in countries like India, where British culture corrupted the Muslim ways. Now I shall ask, is there much difference in fighting for religious rights and beliefs, and fighting for the country's rights? And if we call the Taliban terrorists, should we say the same for the patriots? I say, the "patriots" are terrorists. Unlike Mohandas Ghandi who used non violent methods to drive out the British influence, the colonists repealed the British in a ruthless way. The Sons of Liberty beat up the tax collectors, scared them away and rebelled against all British products. Therefore it is legitimate to say that "patriots' are terrorists.