Samuel adams early life
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Samuel Adams
(1722-1803)
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.
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.
Early Life
Samuel Adams was born on September 27, 1722, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Samuel adams early life
Adams graduated from Harvard College in 1740, and would soon be known as a Patriot and one of the United States' Founding Fathers.
Political Career
A strong opponent of British taxation, Adams helped organize resistance in Boston to Britain's Stamp Act of 1765.
He also played a vital role in organizing the Boston Tea Party — an act of opposition to the Tea Act of 1773 — among various other political efforts.
Adams served as a legislator of Massachusetts from 1765 to 1774. Among his accomplishments, he founded Boston's Committee of Co