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Samuel Adams received a top notch education, the best money could buy. He attended the Boston Latin School, which was famous for educating the sons of the Boston privileged. There he learned the classics, Latin and Greek.
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Feb 14, 2020 · Samuel attended Boston Latin School and then studied at Harvard in 1736. His parents urged him to go into ministry, but he shifted to politics. He graduated from Harvard in 1743 with a master’s degree in politics. After Harvard, Adams was not certain where to go.
4 days ago · The younger Samuel Adams attended Boston Latin School before enrolling in Harvard College in 1736 at the age of 13. He graduated four years later after an unremarkable academic career; the most noteworthy thing about his undergraduate education was that he was once fined by the school for "drinking prohibited Liquors" (Middlekauff, 165).
Oct 27, 2009 · Samuel Adams was a political leader and activist who played a vital role in urging colonial America to break with Britain during the American Revolution.
At the age of fourteen, Adams entered Harvard, ostensibly to study theology and later take up his father's career, but life in college also exposed him to the ideas of the Enlightenment philosophers like John Locke, who held that certain rights and liberties were inherent to humanity, and that government should reflect that truth.
Jul 15, 2019 · Known For: Important activist, philosopher, and writer during the American Revolution against Great Britain. Born: September 16, 1722 in Boston, Massachusetts. Parents: Samuel and Mary Fifield Adams. Died : October 2, 1803 in Boston. Education: Boston Latin School and Harvard College.
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Samuel Adams earned his undergraduate degree in 1740 and a graduate degree in 1743. For his thesis he argued, "Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" After his years at Harvard, Adams found himself somewhat adrift. In the 1740s he embarked on several unsuccessful career paths.
