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    Samuel Adams A Patriotist

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    Samuel Adams was an American Patriot. He was born in Boston, at September 27th 1722. Adams was one of 12 children born to Samuel and Mary (Fifield) Adams. Only 3 of the children survived, Mary, Samuel and Joseph. He was born into a wealthy, religious family that was involved in politics. Samuel’s father wanted him to become a clergyman, but Adams had an interest in law. Adams got his Masters Degree in Arts to practice law at Hardford University, but his mother did not approve. When the British…

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    This letter can be considered as a political-literary text since in it, Abigail Adams expose to her husband, John Adams, her feelings and opinions about a political issue that was taking place in these days, trying to convince him as if it were a political speech. Its great importance lies in being the first woman known in American history in asserting his desire in the equality of the sexes. Her words inspired a large list of activists who fought for the same aim. This letter is only a part…

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    tariffs was an easy way to make money for the government. Last he wanted a national bank to be created so there could be a safe place to keep all of the money. The second president John Adams, was a Federalist. He was a federalist because he thought that having a strong central government is a very good idea. During Adams presidency political parties were created. There were 2 political parties, Federalists and Democratic Republicans. The Federalists believed in a strong central while the…

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    Causes Of The XYZ Affair

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    United States had elected its second president, John Adams. Before Adams became president, he was a major supporter in the idea of an independent nation. He was also a driving force in the American Revolution, and a supporter of American independence. For instance, he would spend hours writing about unfair taxation acts that included the Townshend and Stamp Acts to Britain, who at the time had control over the colonists.2 In addition to this, Adams was elected to represent his home state,…

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    believed in states rights, and he wanted a small government which many would feel otherwise. Compared to George Washington and John Adams, Thomas Jefferson represented a real revolution. Jefferson and Adams would disapprove on many things, everything was an argument between them. They spent most of their political lives debating, disagreeing, and arguing with each other. Adams…

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    Alyson Johnson Mrs. King ELA 5th Hour 20 December 2016 Samuel Adams “The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.” Why was Samuel Adams so important? His life before the war, why he joined the war, his role in the war, and his life after the war show why. Samuel Adams was an important person in the Revolutionary War and was also apart of other groups. According to the text,…

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    any Department or Officer thereof”. John Marshall was one of the greatest to ever serve as the Chief of Justice. Marshall started his career in the early 1780s. Marshall heard more than a thousand cases and wrote at least 519 decisions. Marshall started a small law practice in Richmond, Virginia. He served as a delegate to Virginia Convention, which…

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    Chapter Five The Boston Tea Party: The Boston Tea Party was one of the biggest protests ever to have been done. Samuel Adams leading it, he got the sons of Liberty to dress like indians, board ships carrying many chests of tea and dumped them into the water. 342 chests of tea turned the water of the harbor to brown, making this one of the biggest protests ever. That…

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    These acts impaired the right to talk and express opinions, gave the president too much power, and made immigrants live in fear of being marked a threat and deported. It came to a point where everyone was so extremely opposed these Acts that, that John Adams had to step down, making Thomas Jefferson the new president. For these many reasons, the American public hated the Alien and Sedition Acts, which led to them being repealed, and America once again could be a safe place for immigrants to…

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    Thomas Jefferson”, is about the friendship and the wars between two friends, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. This argument is logos. They were best friends for a long time. In an event, John shared what he thinks about the constitution. He thought that he could bend constitution in any direction as he wanted. But Thomas was opposing the Adams sentence. There relation was good until Adams became president. Adams made a rule that its illegal if you say any bad thing to president and should get…

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