Posted
on September 27, 2014
He
was a Founding Father and a signer of the Declaration of
Independence.
- According to Thomas Jefferson, he was “the Man of the Revolution.”
- He was the second cousin of John Adams, the second president of the United States. But before there was such a thing as the United States, Sam was far better known than John. As a matter of fact, John Adams had to explain to strangers in Europe, “Oh, I'm not the famous Adams.”
- He may well be the only Founding Father that has a beer named after him!
Today
many people think of Sam Adams as a firebrand, someone who swept
other colonists away with his anti-British rhetoric, someone who
masterminded almost every aspect of Boston's rebellious actions. But
there were lots of other colonists who wanted to break ties with
Britain, too, during Adams's era. It wasn't all Sam, all the time!
Samuel
Adams had two different wives named Elizabeth (sadly, his first wife
died). He was given a slave as a wedding gift – but Adams were
strongly against slavery. He immediately set the woman free, and then
hired her back to work in his household as a free woman.
Also,
check out this Sam Adams speech.
The high point of the speech for me is that he used the word
ignominious.
Isn't that a great word?
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