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Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams. American Statesman. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Governor_Samuel_Adams.jpg. 1722 - 1803. Born in Boston One of 12 children Cousin of John Adams Went to Boston Grammar School Entered Harvard College in 1736. http://boston.fbi.gov/images/massachusetts.jpg.

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Samuel Adams

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  1. Samuel Adams American Statesman http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Governor_Samuel_Adams.jpg

  2. 1722 - 1803 • Born in Boston • One of 12 children • Cousin of John Adams • Went to Boston Grammar School • Entered Harvard College in 1736 http://boston.fbi.gov/images/massachusetts.jpg

  3. Early Career • Graduated Harvard Law School in 1743 • Mother did not like career choice • Worked in banking • Inherited father’s brewery and ran it into debt http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Austin_Hall%2C_Harvard_Law_School.jpg

  4. Adams and Politics • Skilled writer and passionate orator • Devoted himself to public affairs • Elected to Massachusetts colonial assembly in 1765 • Led opposition to British government • Involved with Sons of Liberty • Proposed and served on the first and second Continental Congress

  5. Adams and Politics • Wrote Boston’s protest against the Stamp Act • Presided over the meeting to give the signal for the Boston Tea Party • “the most dangerous man in Massachusetts.” http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Repeal_of_the_Stamp_Act.jpg

  6. Later Career • Signed Declaration of Independence • Elected governor of Massachusetts in 1794 • Retired in 1797 for health reasons • Died in Boston http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/The_Declaration_of_Independence_of_the_United_States_of_America%3B_July_4th_1776_by_Asher_Brown_Durand.jpg

  7. Bibliography • www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/adams_s.htm • www.samuel-adams-heritage.com/biography/early-career.html • library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/sadams.htm • http://school.eb.com/comptons/article-9272712?query=sam%20adams&ct • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Governor_Samuel_Adams.jpg • http://boston.fbi.gov/images/massachusetts.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Austin_Hall%2C_Harvard_Law_School.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Repeal_of_the_Stamp_Act.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/The_Declaration_of_Independence_of_the_United_States_of_America%3B_July_4th_1776_by_Asher_Brown_Durand.jpg

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