Adams, Samuel

Cultural  

1. A political leader at the time of the American Revolutionary War. From the time of the Stamp Act to the Declaration of Independence, he was the most effective organizer in Massachusetts of opposition to British rule.

---

Discover More

Adams was a brewer and a cousin of John Adams.

Example Sentences

Unlike his cousin John Adams, Samuel cared more about swaying men behind the scenes than about taking credit for posterity.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022

Adams, Samuel, opposes Sugar Act, 218; and the Stamp Act, 220; deserted by his friends, 231; promotes patriotic meetings, 238; in the First Continental Congress, 245; one of earliest to desire independence, 248.

From Beginnings of the American People by Dodd, William E.

Adams, Samuel, 5, 28, 208, 315, xv., xviii.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail

Adams, Samuel, 60, 109, 124-126, 132, 142, 147.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane

Adams, Samuel, delegate to Congress, 162; signs the declaration, 170; movement to open Congress with prayer, 522.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel