Adams, Samuel

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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.

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Adams was a brewer and a cousin of John Adams.

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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, an American statesman, second cousin of President John Adams, was born in Boston, 27th Sept.,

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

Adams, Samuel, member of first Continental Congress, 108; of the second, 173; friendship of Henry for, 206; unfavorable to federal Constitution, 330.

From Patrick Henry by Tyler, Moses Coit

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.

In fact, with the exception of John Adams, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson, the strongest men in political life were in the Federal Convention.

From A Short History of the United States by Channing, Edward