The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . hips laden with tea was sentto America in the fall of 1773, butnot a pound of the tea was some of the tea shipsarrived in the outer harbors ofNew York, Philadelphia, andBaltimore, .they met with so muchopposition that they returned toEngland at once. At Annapolisthe tea was burned. Some teawas landed at Charleston for theSouthern markets, but the peopleallowed none of it to be sold. Itwas stored in damp cellars, andsoon spoiled. In New York someof the tea was destroyed. When the tea ships entered Boston Harbor, a c
The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . hips laden with tea was sentto America in the fall of 1773, butnot a pound of the tea was some of the tea shipsarrived in the outer harbors ofNew York, Philadelphia, andBaltimore, .they met with so muchopposition that they returned toEngland at once. At Annapolisthe tea was burned. Some teawas landed at Charleston for theSouthern markets, but the peopleallowed none of it to be sold. Itwas stored in damp cellars, andsoon spoiled. In New York someof the tea was destroyed. When the tea ships entered Boston Harbor, a committeeheaded by Samuel Adams guarded them and permitted none ofthe tea to be brought on shore. As the ships hadcome within the port limits, they could not legally Tea Partydepart without clearance^ from the customhouse ora permit from the royal governor of Massachusetts. The peoplemade diligent efforts to obtain a clearance, in order that theships might go out to sea again without unloading, but failed. 1 A clearance was a certificate granting permission to Cyt:X--7^^,y:^ e^^^c CX^^^^t^ 132 THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN NATION The governor declared that the tea should be entered in thecustomhouse; the people declared that it should not. At theexpiration of twenty days the customhouse officers had the rightto seize the ships and unload them. So at nightfall a numberof citizens disguised as Indians went aboard the ships, and threwthe tea into the water. Three hundred and forty-two chests oftea were thus destroyed. It was an unlawful act, but there wasgreat exultation over it. The King Retaliates. 1774. — When the news of the destructionof the tea at Boston reached England, the king determined topunish the rebellious colonists of Massachusetts, and measuresof retaliation were enacted by the Parliament.^ One of these,the Boston Port Bill, prohibited the landing or shipping of anygoods at the port of Boston until the city should pay the EastIndia Company for the tea tha
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