British law required the Dartmouth to unload and pay the duties within twenty days or officials would indeed confiscate the cargo. Governor Hutchinson refused to give approval for the Dartmouth to leave without paying their dues. Two more ships, the Eleanor and the Beaver, entered Boston Harbor soon after and the colonists began to demand that the tea would be returned to England. On December 16, the last day of the Dartmouth's deadline to pay its dues, approximately 7,000 individuals gathered around the Old South Meeting House. After gaining intel that Governor Hutchinson had again refused to let the ships leave, Adams told everybody that "This meeting can do nothing further to save the country.” At this time, many people began to become extremely belligerent, looking for ways to take action into their own hands. Protestors dressed up as Mohawk Indians boarded the three ships and proceeded to dump an unfathomable 342 chests of tea into the harbor. It took nearly three hours for more than 100 colonists to empty the tea into Boston Harbor. The chests held more than 90,000 pounds of tea, which would be valued at about $1,700,000 dollars today. After this event occurred, the Parliament was absolutely outranged by the destruction of the British
British law required the Dartmouth to unload and pay the duties within twenty days or officials would indeed confiscate the cargo. Governor Hutchinson refused to give approval for the Dartmouth to leave without paying their dues. Two more ships, the Eleanor and the Beaver, entered Boston Harbor soon after and the colonists began to demand that the tea would be returned to England. On December 16, the last day of the Dartmouth's deadline to pay its dues, approximately 7,000 individuals gathered around the Old South Meeting House. After gaining intel that Governor Hutchinson had again refused to let the ships leave, Adams told everybody that "This meeting can do nothing further to save the country.” At this time, many people began to become extremely belligerent, looking for ways to take action into their own hands. Protestors dressed up as Mohawk Indians boarded the three ships and proceeded to dump an unfathomable 342 chests of tea into the harbor. It took nearly three hours for more than 100 colonists to empty the tea into Boston Harbor. The chests held more than 90,000 pounds of tea, which would be valued at about $1,700,000 dollars today. After this event occurred, the Parliament was absolutely outranged by the destruction of the British