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Adams, Samuel

Born Sept. 29, 1722; died Oct. 2, 1803. American political figure and one of the organizers of the struggle for liberation during the War for Independence in North America of 1775–83 (the American Revolution).

In 1743, Adams issued a thesis in which he developed the idea of the “legality of resistance to higher authorities.” Adams was a leader of the revolutionary organization Sons of Liberty. He established a committee of correspondence in Boston (1772) that became the model for other such committees throughout the British colonies, these becoming the embryos of local revolutionary power. After the war for independence, Adams advocated the adoption of the Bill of Rights and the abolition of slavery. From 1794 to 1797 he was governor of the state of Massachusetts.

WORKS

The Writings of Samuel Adams, vols. 1–4. Edited by H. A. Cushing. New York, 1904–08.

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"It's a huge testament to the beer culture in this region that Samuel Adams would select this market as one of only a handful of places where hop heads will be able to enjoy Rebel Raw."

Limited Release Samuel Adams Rebel Raw Double IPA on Shelves in the Triangle

And what did the creator of Samuel Adams beer tell him?

'American dream' contest proves no business is small--when it's yours

To Hogeland's credit, he proves the founding of the United States was messy, desperate, and, thanks to Samuel Adams, forever obscure.

Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776

Samuel Adams: I guess you don't mind being treated like a slave!

The Boston Tea Party: a 1773 tax on tea sparked outrage in the 13 colonies. Revolution soon followed

An American-style rye ale, Samuel Adams Revolutionary Rye is a deep, reddish-hued ale brewed with both rye and roasted malt for a spicy character.

Revolutionary Rye

Available at Samuel Adams and Wisconsin cheese retail displays, the booklet includes coupons for Wisconsin cheese, Simply Potatoes, Pam Cooking Spray Product, and Chinet Plates.

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Each chef had to create a unique appetizer, entree and dessert using a Samuel Adams brew.

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Volume 1 of the set provides biographies of well over a hundred prominent figures in the movement, from Samuel Adams to Benjamin Gale, with each listing receiving up to several pages of background detail.

Greenwood Press

* "The Rights of the Colonists" by Samuel Adams; and

For heaven's sake, don't mention God! In a case of "turnabout is fair play," Stephen Williams, a history teacher, is suing a school district because the school district won't let him mention God in his lessons

The pop culture that dominates the cities is a consistent and comfortable reference in these works, as it provides an "attitude and that Frank Sinatra-Billy Joel / state of mind." But it is in the juxtaposition of immediate commercialism, "Samuel Adams is a beer, John Hancock's signature / is an Insurance Company," with the nation's historic and social issues that Braggs offsets the superficiality of the times with meaningful and weighty observation.

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1773 The Boston Tea Party, in which Samuel Adams and 150 "Sons of Liberty" protested against British taxes on tea and other goods, took place.

ON THIS DAY

In a few years Adams went from a small-town lawyer, best known for successfully defending the Redcoat soldiers accused of killing colonists in a riot organized by his cousin Samuel Adams, to the floor leader of pro-independence legislators at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

JOHN ADAMS