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My name is Samuel Adams.
This is my story as told by Mrs. Swetits.
I was an American Patriot, Journalist, and Statesman
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A few facts about myself.
• Born September 27, 1722 in Boston, Massachusetts
• Father, Samuel was a brewer• Mother, Mary was a homemaker• 12 children – all but 3 died• Boston Grammar School and Harvard College
(1743)Famous cousin – John Adams became 2nd
PresidentMarried twice and had 5 children
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My life before the Revolutionary War
Started newspaper, The Independent Advertiser in 1748 and wrote about politics.
Active member of the “Sons of Liberty”
1765 elected to the Massachusetts General Assembly.
1772 helped to form Committees of Correspondence
With Paul Revere, led “The Boston Tea Party” on December 16, 1773.
1774 elected to First Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
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My life during the Revolutionary War
1775 elected to Second Continental Congress
July 4, 1776 signed the “Declaration of Independence”
Continued to write and rally the Patriots
Served in the Continental Congress until 1781
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My life after the Revolutionary War
delegate to the Constitutional Convention and insisted on the “Bill of Rights”
1789 elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1794 became Governor of Massachusetts
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I am remembered because… I fought so hard for independence and self-government.
Work Cited
Harris, Laurie Lanzen. Colonial America and the Revolutionary War. Pleasant Ridge: Favorable Impressions, 2009.
"Samuel Adams." Colonial America and the Revolutionary War. Ed. Laurie Lanzen Harris. Pleasant Ridge: Favorable Impressions, 2009. 153-161.