Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams- Spite of his lack of success at business (failing as a brewer and tax collector and wasting an inheritance), Adams displayed true genius in politics. He excelled at political discourse, writing and strategy. In 1765, Adams was elected to the General Court (legislature) of Massachusetts, representing the town of Boston. His abilities were recognized by his fellow legislators and he soon rose to a leadership position. Adams was offered positions by royal officials that would have…

progression of our nation. The Founding Father included, Samuel Adams who was born on September 27, 1722, in Boston, Massachusetts. Adams helped formulate resistance to the Stamp Act and played a vital role in organizing the Boston Tea Party. He was a second cousin of U.S. President John Adams, with whom he urged a final break from Great Britain, and a signee of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Adams died on October 2, 1803, in Boston. John Adams was also a Founding Father who was born on…

Samuel Adams. He went to Harvard, tried brewing, and was the brother of president John Adams. Some people say that Samuel Adams really didn't do much for the colonies, but that is simply not true. It is important that Samuel Adams should be recognized as a significant figure in history. He helped propel America towards independence with his actions and words, helped with the war effort against Britain, and had an important role in independent America’s government. First of all, Samuel Adams…

attacks Samuel Adams, the man who started the Sons of Liberty organization. However, a strong, funny, beautiful independent women named Emma Swan jumped on top of the man and saved Samuel Adams from his worst fear, death. “Are you okay, Sir?” asked the beautiful young women helping Adams up. “Yes, miss I am fine, but thank you so much for saving me,” answered Adams as he stared deeply into Swan’s beautiful blue eyes. “Can you guys stop flirting, come on we have a mission to do.” replied…

Antigone, the main character of the age-old Greek play Antigone by Sophocles, and Samuel Adams, an American freedom fighter who led the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Both of these individuals committed civil disobedience, which is a peaceful yet meaningful nonviolent form of resistance committed by breaking specific laws set by a government or other group. Though both committed civil disobedience, Antigone’s and Samuel Adams’s situations differed greatly in their motives,…

Boston Tea Party: The Cause While the British Parliament were trying to save the stumbling East India Company by exempting them on the export tax, the American colonist viewed this act as another illustration of taxation tyranny. On December 16th of 1773, a group of colonist in Massachusetts disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, gathered in Boston Harbor on three different British tea ships and discarded 342 chests of tea over the ships and into the Harbor (“Boston Tea Party,” 2007). This…

Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Etc. Where all believers in the separation of Great Britain and the colonies theses individuals where known as patriots. Many people saw no reason to part away from the British Government they were called loyalist such as Lord…

Boston Tea Party On the evening of December 16th, 1773, Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded ships in the Boston Harbor. Later that night they would dump over 300 chests of tea into the water beneath them. Their goal was to protest the tax on tea, “No taxation without representation.” This major historic event is thought to have caused the American Revolution which started in 1775. The Boston Tea Party was important because it was the first major act of defiance by American colonists.…

The son of a Huguenot silversmith . Paul at nineteen assumed artistic responsibility for the family’s shop. Born in January 1, 1735 he took part in the Boston tea party and was the principal rider for Boston’s committee of safety. He devised a system of lanterns for the minutemen to learn if the British would be attacking them. By all accounts, the young Revere was a serious and committed artisan. He joined a member of a widely distributed secret order and…

Revere was a participant in the Boston Tea Party. The colonists felt that they were being taxed without representation on various products, including tea. History.com, on their Boston Tea Party article, it states, “on the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston Harbor and threw 342 chests…