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Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States.
Jul 15, 2024 · Samuel Adams, politician of the American Revolution, leader of the Massachusetts ‘radicals,’ who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was later lieutenant governor (1789–93) and governor (1794–97) of Massachusetts.
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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Samuel Adams? A strong opponent of British taxation, Samuel Adams helped formulate resistance to the Stamp Act and played a vital role in organizing the Boston Tea Party.
May 1, 2024 · Samuel Adams was a Founding Father, member of the Continental Congress, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a leading proponent of colonial independence from Great Britain. After the Revolution, Adams served four terms as Governor of Massachusetts.
Samuel Adams returned to Massachusetts to take his seat in the Provincial Congress. There he worked tirelessly for the next five months to obtain and distribute aid to the people of Boston still suffering under the closure of the port.
Samuel Adams delivered what may count as the most remarkable second act in American life. It was all the more confounding after the first: He was a perfect failure until middle age.
Jun 4, 2024 · Samuel Adams was a prominent Patriot leader during the American Revolution, and Founding Father of the United States. He was a leader of the Sons of Liberty and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Samuel Adams, (born Sept. 27, 1722, Boston, Mass.—died Oct. 2, 1803, Boston, Mass., U.S.), American Revolutionary leader. A cousin of John Adams, he graduated from Harvard College in 1740 and briefly practiced law.
Samuel Adams was a Massachusetts businessman, writer and political figure, known for his busy activism and his radical political views. From the mid 1760s Adams became the American Revolution’s agitator in chief, to the extent that the British reportedly declared him the “most dangerous man in America”. Adams was born in Boston in 1722.
