Question

1 what did the Boston tea party cause 2 how would the patriots vewi this event vs loyalists?

Answer 1

The Boston Tea Party was a key event in the growth of the American Revolution. Parliament responded in 1774 with the Coercive Acts, which, among other provisions, closed Boston's commerce until the British East India Company had been repaid for the destroyed tea. Colonists in turn responded to the Coercive Acts with additional acts of protest, and by convening the First Continental Congress, which petitioned the British monarch for repeal of the acts and coordinated colonial resistance to them. The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

Answer 2

thanks ManInBlack