The Boston Tea Party, 1773 .-- In Boston things did not go so smoothly.

The agents of the East India Company refused to resign.

The collector of the customs refused to give the ships permission to sail away before the tea was landed.

Governor Hutchinson refused to give the ship captains a pass to sail by the fort until the collector gave his permission.

The commander at the fort refused to allow the ships to sail out of the harbor until they had the necessary papers.