Phew - luckily words like "terrorist" and insurgent" hadn't been dreamt up when Tea Parties and massacres were becoming terrifically popular - all the rage if you will - in and beyond Boston circa 250 years ago.

Oh yeah - and Germany sided and fought WITH the British against those evil American terrorists
/ insurgents / freedom-fighters 250 years ago.

See/compare Wikipedia versus Britannica:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War

https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution