Young folks' history of the United States . Boston, took place in Faneuil Hall, and then adjourned to the Old South Church in orderto have moreroom. The own-er of one of thetea - ships wassent to the royalgovernor, Hutch-inson, to ask hisleave to send thevessels back toEngland withFANEUIL HALL IN 1763. thclr cargocs; and, when he returned with the answer that the gov-ernor refused the request, Samuel Adams rose, andsaid, This meetingcan do nothing moreto save the a war-whoop washeard at the porch : abody of forty or fiftymen, disguised as In-dians, went by to thewharf, took posses
Young folks' history of the United States . Boston, took place in Faneuil Hall, and then adjourned to the Old South Church in orderto have moreroom. The own-er of one of thetea - ships wassent to the royalgovernor, Hutch-inson, to ask hisleave to send thevessels back toEngland withFANEUIL HALL IN 1763. thclr cargocs; and, when he returned with the answer that the gov-ernor refused the request, Samuel Adams rose, andsaid, This meetingcan do nothing moreto save the a war-whoop washeard at the porch : abody of forty or fiftymen, disguised as In-dians, went by to thewharf, took possessionof the three tea-ships,and threw three hun-dred and forty chestsof tea into the they quietly dis-persed, and did no samuel mischief whatever. This was called the Bostontea-party ; and it took place Dec. i6, THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION. T73 New York and Philadelphia followed the example of The teaBoston ; but they did not have occasion to throw the tea other °into the water, for the captains of the ships readily con- ^^®^-sented to return to London immediately. In Charles-ton the tea was landed: but no one would take it forsale, or pay the duty ; and meanwhile it was stored indamp cellars, where it was spoiled. In Annapolis thetea was burned. All these things excited the peoplevery much, and made the colonies more and more readyto unite in resisting England. The first ContinentalCongress had met before this, and there was soon to beanother. Meanwhile in Massachusetts, which seemed in steos ta-greater danger of attack than any other State, there was Massachu-also a Provincial Congress created ; and under its direc- ^®^tion military stores were collected at various points. ^ There were also minute-men drilling under old sol-diers who had fought in the French and Indian were
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