How Is Sam Adams Effective

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Samuel “Sam” Adams was born in Boston on September 27, 1722. He was born to Deacon Adams and Mary Adams. Sam was one of the twelve children born to them; unfortunately, only three of these children would live up to their third birthday.
When Sam grew up, he graduated from Harvard College. After he left Harvard, Sam did not know what he wanted to do as a career. Eventually, he found his way into politics and was first elected to a political office in 1747. He served as one of the clerks in the Boston market, but he failed in this job because he did not like business. He really wanted to be in politics. Later, he became popular due to his opposition to the Sugar Act, which strictly enforced taxed goods like wine, cloth, coffee, and silk. Sam believed this was unfair because the colonists were not represented to the Parliament. In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act. The new tax required everyone to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper. This created a lot of drama and Sam Adams was a part of it. He thought this was unconstitutional and supported getting rid
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Sam Adams was friendly towards them, but he wasn't an actual member. After the opposition of the Stamp Act, the parliament had passed another act called the TownShend Acts. The Townshend Acts placed a tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. Resistance to the acts grew slowly, and Adams used the Boston town meeting to organize a boycott. He also wrote dozens of newspaper articles to try and anger his reader to hate the British. His stand against all of these acts made him unpopular with King George III and others like General Thomas Gage. In April 1775, when Adams knew that the British were ready to fight, he left Boston and went to Lexington, Massachusetts to avoid being captured. Paul Revere warned him of the British coming before midnight. That is when Gage ordered that Adams be arrested for