An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . artj^rs to the cafise of liberty were buried with greatpomp, and the Boston massacre was annuallj^ commemorated lonoafter by a grand assemblage and the delivery of an exciting officer and soldiers, who had caused the death of the citizens,were defended on their trial by John Adams and Josiah captain and six men were acquitted, and two men were foundguilty of
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . artj^rs to the cafise of liberty were buried with greatpomp, and the Boston massacre was annuallj^ commemorated lonoafter by a grand assemblage and the delivery of an exciting officer and soldiers, who had caused the death of the citizens,were defended on their trial by John Adams and Josiah captain and six men were acquitted, and two men were foundguilty of 1 lanslaughter. In Rhode Island, the destruction of the British armed schoonerGaspee, in consequence of her firing on a merchantman, was one ofthe bold acts which mark the spirit of the time. A reward of £500,together with a pardon to the informer, failed to shake the fidelity ofany of the numerous party concerned in this affair. The determination of the colonists to resist the introduction of teasent out by the East India Company, led to the most serious permission to the company to export this article free of dutymade it cheaper to the American consumer than before it had been THE TEA RIOTS. 315. BOSTON MASSACRE. made a source of revenue, so that in this instance the resistance wasmade to the principle of taxation. Cargoes were sent to New York,Philadelphia, Charleston, (South Carolina,) and Boston. The inha-bitants of the cities of New York and Philadelphia sent the ships backto London, and they sailed up the Thames to proclaim to all thenation, that New York and Pennsylvania would not be inhabitants of Charleston unloaded the tea and stored it in dampcellars, where it could not be used, and where it finally was allspoiled. The inhabitants of Boston tried every measure to sendback the three tea ships which had arrived there, but without suc-cess. The agents of the company would not release the captainsfrom their obligations ; the custom-house officer
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