"Why Was the Boston Tea Party Not Stopped by British Troops?" Topic

"Why were the Sons of Liberty not stopped by British troops as they boarded three ships in Boston Harbor on Dec. 16, 1773 (Boston Tea Party)? Were there no Redcoats patrolling the area? How long did the Boston Tea Party last? An hour, two hours? Why weren't they apprehended?

The tea was on three privately owned merchant ships. One hundred and fourteen chests were on board the Dartmouth, the first ship to arrive in port. The other two ships, the Eleanor and the brig Beaver carried 228 chests between them, along with other cargo. As the ships sailed into Boston Harbor, they each passed by Castle William to the south, which was under the command of a British officer and had upwards of a hundred cannon. When the ships came into the harbor, but before they docked, port officials boarded them. That meant that they had officially reached port and that their movements were now under the command of port officials instead of their captains…"
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Armand

This is a very badly written article. It almost makes me want to go back in time and also dump the crumpets on the ships into the harbor on top of the tea.

The only thing of value I got out of this is some mirth from a ship named the "Beaver"?

Glup!…

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Armand

Were they still on the island in the harbor, to which they had been exiled after the Massacre?

I think the regiments were moved back into town --and quartered there -- as part of the Coercive/Intolerable Acts passed in reaction to the tea Party.

Castle William is the fort in the harbor.

Yes, just checked. No redcoats in Boston between 1770 and early 1775, due to the political blowback from the Massacre. The Quartering Act was necessary to house the four regiments at Castle William.

Thanks!.

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Armand