. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. other colonies aided her. governor of that colony, and no vessel was allowed to load orunload at any wharf in Boston until the town should submitand pay for the tea it had destroyed. Then, on May 20,1774, Parliamenttook away the charter of Massachu-setts, ordered General Gage to who resisted the royal offi-cers, to England for trial, and gavethe government the right to compelthe people to board and lodge Britishsoldiers in their homes. Soon Boston began to suffer be-cause her port was closed, but theother col
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. other colonies aided her. governor of that colony, and no vessel was allowed to load orunload at any wharf in Boston until the town should submitand pay for the tea it had destroyed. Then, on May 20,1774, Parliamenttook away the charter of Massachu-setts, ordered General Gage to who resisted the royal offi-cers, to England for trial, and gavethe government the right to compelthe people to board and lodge Britishsoldiers in their homes. Soon Boston began to suffer be-cause her port was closed, but theother colonies made her cause theirown. Money and provisions werefreely sent to her from all over thecountry, and thus the colonies weredrawn closer together by a commonbond. 2. THE WAR AND ITS HEROES. This led to an assembly of theleading men of all the colonies exceptGeorgia, in Philadelphia, on Septem-ber 5, 1774. This assembly was called the Continental Con-gress, and contained such men as George Washington, Samueland John Adams, John Jay, John Rutledge, and Patrick The Old North Church. 138 HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—The Coiitiuental Congress at Philadelphia (1774i supportedMassachusetts and declared non-intercourse with England. The peopleprepared for war. Gage fortified Boston Neck, and sent soldiers to Con-cord to seize supplies. Congress prepared an address to the king, voted tliat all thecolonies slionld support ^lassachiisetts in opposing the forcesof England, and agreed neither to buy from nor sell to Eng-land, until she treated the colonies fairly. Companies of minute-men were formed in New Enoflandwhile the regulars in the Carolinas, in Georgia, and inother States defied their British i^overnors. Old flintlockswere cleaned and oiled and made ready for use. But the British government Avas onlythe more determined to force the coloniesto submit. ]\Ioie British troops were sentto General Gage, Avho fortified Boston Neckand began to seize military sup[)lies wh
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