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Samuel Adams
Born as the son of a church deacon in , Samuel Adams understood from a young age the authority private citizens could hold over politics once properly mobilized. Adams acquired something of a historical reputation—in his own time no less—as a rabble-rouser and propagandist for the independence movement, especially in comparison to his second cousin John, the future president. But those accusations tend to obscure his nature as an astute political thinker and a tireless activist. Adams' father, also named Samuel, frequently used his position as preacher to organize large numbers of associates into groups to lobby local Boston politicians and officials on specific issues, with young Sam frequently accompanying him. At the age of fourteen, Adams entered Harvard, ostensibly to study theology and later take up his father's career, but life in college also exposed him to the ideas of the Enlightenment philosop
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Parents: John Adams and Eleanor Danks.
At the age of twelve Samuel was apprentice to a silversmith. He worked from a.m. to p.m. He received food, a place to sleep in an attic, and one set of clothes. His earnings were given to his father. Samuel said, "I worked for fem years and never had as much as a six pence." (in U.S. currency that is one-fourth of a penny.)
Samuel funnen people that would teach him to read and write. At the age of fifteen he met Mormon Missionaries, and they were very good to teach him. He became a member of the Church. Six months later, when an eye infection became so bad that he could not work and could not see, he asked a fellow worker to lead him to the missionaries' quarters. Samuel waited for them and requested a blessing. During the blessing th
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While George Washington led the American colonists to victory in the Revolutionary War, there might not have been a revolution at all if it weren’t for provocateurs such as Samuel Adams.
Adams and other firebrands helped push moderate colonial leaders into joining in the resistance against the British, which eventually led to the war. But Adams wasn’t just a rabble-rouser. He also was a serious political theorist who championed the notion of individual rights, which became a core American value. During the Revolutionary War, Adams served in the Continental Congress and helped draft the Articles of Confederation, the document that was the predecessor to the U.S. Constitution.
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Samuel Adams' Background and Early Life
Adams was born in Boston on September 27, , to an affluent Puritan family. His father, Samuel Adams Sr., was a prominent local merchant and religious deacon who was also active in local politics. His mother, Mary Adams, was the daughter of