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Spark of Revolution: A Biography of Samuel Adams
He had a clear understanding about the perennial threat to liberty: “that ambition and lust of power above the law are…predominant passions in the breasts of most men…in all nations combined the worst passions of the human heart and the worst projects of the human mind in league against the liberties of mankind.” Political power, he declared, is “known to be intoxicating in its nature…too intoxicating and liable to abuse.”
Historian Thomas Fleming observed that “Without Boston’s Samuel Adams, there might never have been an American Revolution. His skill at combining agitation and propaganda put the British constantly on the defensive. He created committees of correspondence to link the colonies and was the chief organizer of the Boston Tea Party.”
The British governor of Massachusetts Francis Bernard snarled, “Every tip of his pen stung like a horned snake.” Thomas Hutchinson, British-appointed chief justice, snap
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Samuel Adams
Founding Father of the United States (1722–1803)
For other uses, see Samuel Adams (disambiguation).
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In this c. 1772 portrait, Adams points at the Massachusetts Charter, which he viewed as a constitution that protected the peoples' rights.[1] | |
| In office October 8, 1794 – June 2, 1797 Acting: October 8, 1793 – October 8, 1794 | |
| Lieutenant | Moses Gill |
| Preceded by | John Hancock |
| Succeeded by | Increase Sumner |
| In office 1789–1794 Acting Governor October 8, 1793 – 1794 | |
| Governor | John Hancock |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Lincoln |
| Succeeded by | Moses Gill |
| In office 1787–1788 1782–1785 | |
| In office 1774–1777 | |
| In office 1779–1781 | |
| In office 1766–1774 | |
| Born | (1722-09-27)September 27, 1722 Boston, Massachusetts Bay |
| Died | October 2, 1803(1803-10-02) (aged 81) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Granary Burying Ground, Boston |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican (179 • George III: a royal passion for scienceWhen most people think of King George III (1738–1820) they probably think of him as an older man in poor mental health, but the truth fryst vatten that this was only one part of his life. In his ungdom he was a thoughtful ruler and energetic in the pursuit of his many interests, one of which was natural philosophy, the begrepp then used to describe what we know today as science. The ung King Lent bygd the Governor and Company of the Bank of England The future King George III became Prince of Wales (and thus first in line to the throne) at the age of 12 when his father Frederick died in 1751. His intellectual thinking was very much influenced bygd one of his tutors in particular, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–92). Bute introduced him to natural philosophy demonstrations and instrument collecting. Upon ascending the throne in 1760 at the age of 22, the ung King began to assemble his own collection of scientific instruments. U |