A history of the United States for schools . s. The Massachusetts assembly sent a cir-cular letter to the assemblies of the other colonies,inviting them to concert measures of resistance. This 1 From the London (iSoi) edition of Junius. LORD NORTH. §8o. CAUSES AND BEGINNINGS. 197 enraged the king, and presently an order came acrossthe ocean to the governor of Massachusetts to „ ^ .... How the demand of the assembly that it rescind its cir- colonistscular letter, under penalty of instant dissolu- Towns-The assembly, by a vote of ninety-two h^^^^cts. tion. to seventeen, refused to rescind, and w
A history of the United States for schools . s. The Massachusetts assembly sent a cir-cular letter to the assemblies of the other colonies,inviting them to concert measures of resistance. This 1 From the London (iSoi) edition of Junius. LORD NORTH. §8o. CAUSES AND BEGINNINGS. 197 enraged the king, and presently an order came acrossthe ocean to the governor of Massachusetts to „ ^ .... How the demand of the assembly that it rescind its cir- colonistscular letter, under penalty of instant dissolu- Towns-The assembly, by a vote of ninety-two h^^^^cts. tion. to seventeen, refused to rescind, and was turned out ofdoors. In some other colonies, the assemblies weredissolved for replying favorably to the Massachusettsletter. During the next few years, the royal governorsdissolved the assemblies so often as to interfere seri-ously with public business. In Virginia, the assembly,after being thus dismissed, used sometimes to meet in-formally as a convention in the large ball room of theRaleigh Tavern at Williamsburg (known as the Apollo. APOLLO ROOM IN THE RALEIGH TAVERN. 1 Room), and there agree upon the course to be Massachusetts, when the assembly was dismissed, itswork was to some extent carried on by the Boston townmeeting in Faneuil Hall, where so many importantthings were done that it came to be called the Cradle ^ From the Magazhic of American History, vol. xi. 198 THE REVOLUTION. Ch. X, of Liberty. In the most exciting times, however,Faneuil Hall was too small to hold the people, and themeeting used to adjourn to the Old South Meeting-house. In the autumn of 1768, the king sent a couple of
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