Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams was born in Boston on September 27,1722. He died in october 2, 1803. Everybody thinks that Samuel Adams is brother with John Adams but no, they are cousins. John Adams who became the second President of the United States.Samuel Adams graduated in 1743 from Harvard College. He got a Master of Arts degree. After college he entered private business, and throughout this period was an outspoken participant in Boston town meetings.

He was a leader of the fight against British colonial rule, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.Samuel Adams was the leader of the Sons of Liberty, which was formed by patriots. The Sons of Liberty made a torture called Tarring and Feathering to the tax-collectors. This cruel act was done by throwing tea to them and later on feathers.They also grabbed them and put tea bags in their throats.Samuel thought the it wasn't fair that the colonist were taxed like that.The colonists believed that their own elective officials had the right to levy taxes on them.

The colonists didn't wanted one thing, which was representation in parliament. The British opposed to that so that's how everything's started.The British Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing a set of laws known as the Intolerable Acts. These laws included the closing of Boston Harbor and the restriction town meetings. Adams then urged a general boycott of British trade by the American Colonies. The colonists didn't buy British things anywhere and that was called the economic boycott. Samuel Adams created all this,you just need one person to change a lot of thoughts.