Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . ined. Thenon-importation agreement was so far modified as to apply only to tea, andthe merchants at the different ports were earnestly warned against receivingit on consignment. The first of the tea-ships arrived at Bos-ton No-vem-ber25. 1773- A mass meeting of citizens at Fan-eu-il Hall ordered the vessel t®be moored at the wharf, and appointed a guard of 25 men to watch her, andsee that no tea was landed. Presently a committee, on which were the activepatriots John Ha
Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . ined. Thenon-importation agreement was so far modified as to apply only to tea, andthe merchants at the different ports were earnestly warned against receivingit on consignment. The first of the tea-ships arrived at Bos-ton No-vem-ber25. 1773- A mass meeting of citizens at Fan-eu-il Hall ordered the vessel t®be moored at the wharf, and appointed a guard of 25 men to watch her, andsee that no tea was landed. Presently a committee, on which were the activepatriots John Han-cock, Sam-u-el Ad-ams, Jo-si-ah Quin-cy, and Jo-sepkWar-ren, obtained a promise from the captain and the owner of the ship thatthe tea should be carried back to Eng-land; but Governor Hutch-in-son wouldnot grant a permit, and without this, the vessel could not pass the fort andships of war in the harbor. As soon as the refusal of the governor became known, some 40 or 50men, dressed like Mo-hawks, on the night of De-cem-ber 16, boarded the tea-vessels, two more of which had meanwhile arrived, and, in presence of a 119. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. 121 great but orderly crowd, emptied, in two hours, 342 chests of tea into thewater. At New York and Phil-a-del-phi-a the people would not permit the teato be landed. That which arrived at Charles-ton was stored in damp cellars,and soon became worthless. When the news cJ the tea-riot reached Eng-land it produced muchangry feeling there, which showed itself in a determination to punish thereupon passed the Bos-ton Port Bill, shutting up the harborof the town, and removing the port of entry and the seat of government toSa-lem. In addition, some of the most tyrannous acts were passed; amongthese, a new act for quartering troops on the people. Bos-ton was chiefly de-pendent on commerce, and the destruction of her trade produced great distressamong her people. The inhabitants of Sa-lem and Mar-ble-head nobly cameto their a
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