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Samuel Adams led the cause of American Revolution in Boston, Massachusetts, and encouraged its spread through the colonies. While often forgotten as a key player of the Founding generation, Samuel Adams organized many of the revolutionary scenes that take center stage in American history textbooks. ...
John Adams described his second cousin as a man who had “the most thorough understanding of liberty.” Samuel Adams, however, did not earn such esteem until later in his years. Adams wandered through the beginning of his adulthood in a number of unfulfilling careers that eventually led him into politics. ... While his tax accounts suffered from mismanagement, the position introduced Adams to the colonial political scene of Boston, Massachusetts. Since Britain’s oppression of the colonies often took the form of increased taxes, Adams held a special interest in the patriot cause. ...
In response to the Sugar Act of 1764, Adams charged Britain with levying a tax on its colonial citizens without proper colonial representation in Parliament, thus giving birth to the battle cry of “no taxation without representation.” Adams spent the next ten years writing essays and making speeches to encourage the patriot cause, as well as organizing the Sons of Liberty, a group of men devoted to harassing British troops stationed in Massachusetts. ... In response, Adams and his Sons of Liberty stepped up their activities. ... When discussing the possibility that the Americans colonies fall under the property of the King, Adams responded “Grant, Almighty God, that I may be numbered with the dead before that sable day dawns on North America.”
In 1772, Samuel Adams helped organize the Committees of Correspondence, a network of groups in each town throughout Massachusetts established for mass communication and education. ... Adams circulated incriminating information about colonial officials and articles outlining violations of the colonists rights. Through the Massachusetts Committee of Correspondence, Samuel Adams distributed “The Rights of Colonists.”
In the essay, Adams addresses three applications of rights: Natural Rights of the Colonists as Men, Rights of the Colonists as Christians, and Rights of the Colonists as Subjects.
Approximate Word count = 1571
Approximate Pages = 6.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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