Personal Narrative: In A Boston Tea Party

I was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 27, 1722. At a young age, I studied religion and law at Harvard University where I discovered my famous admiration for politics. After achieving my master’s degree 1743, focusing heavily on politics, I became indecisive with my path of career choice. Soon after, I began writing for The Independent Advertiser, a radical newspaper, where I could express my opinions about British rule anonymously. Unfortunately, the newspaper had little success due to the lack of following amongst the mass of citizens. Nevertheless, I was beginning to be a “visible popular leader who would spend a great deal of time in the public eye agitating for resistance (Kindig, 1995).”
Eventually, I made a name for myself
as a Boston tax collector. With a large growing attention towards me, I was able to popularize my ideas and make my opinions more wide spread. Luckily, the French and Indian War, between France and Britain, ended during my election giving my colonists faith that they could grow to be larger than our mother country. There, the seeds were planted and were carefully being fed, to grow strong to become the American Revolution.
The boost in faith from the colonists gave my team of radical writers and I the fighting chance we needed to further push the envelope and publish more of our extreme ideas. During this time, the British remained financially weakened by its efforts in the French and Indian War. In response to their debt, they began to impose taxes on the colonies. The taxation devastated the middle class in particular, and drew members of that region towards my views of independence.
Eventually, my writings along with a few violent outbreaks from my followers lead to the repeal of most of the implied taxations. The sign of rebellion caused extreme unease within the British Government. In return, they sent in troops, known as “red-coats,” to the colonies to monitor civilians in attempts to “keep the peace.” These soldiers were occasionally sent to civilian’s homes to live. Families were forced to bed and feed their unwanted guests that were sent from mistrust. This influenced normally moderate people to side with my radical views, as they witnessed the enforcement of boarding troops.
The tension between the troops and the colonists reached its climax when the Boston Massacre occurred. Although the story remains unclear, it is thought that a mob of civilians broke out and threatened the armed redcoats. In return to the mob, the British troops fired upon the mass of unarmed civilians. This gave me the sheer opportunity to verbally protest against the redcoats, forcing the British Army out of Boston. Now, without constant surveillance, the citizens became content with their mother country without the immediate threat from the redcoats. Thoughts of the revolution died as I was loosing the following of the mass. Before anyone knew it, the British Army came marching back into Boston. This is exactly what I needed to further spark up my influence of rebellion yet again. The citizens, once again under scrutiny, began to believe in my radical ideas.
“In a Boston Town Meeting on the evening of December 16, 1773, I was the speaker when I received the word that Boston 's Governor would land the tea on Boston 's shores, therefore requiring the citizens of Boston to pay the excise of 3 pence per pound, at which point I declared, ‘This meeting can do no more to save this country’(Samuel Adams-TFAI).” During this time I helped organize the Boston Tea Party to help citizens protest the last remaining tax.
I arranged for the Sons of Liberty, led by Paul Revere, to storm a British ship full of tea cargo and dump it into the water below. This drove the colonies into the brink of war because every time a British ship would enter the Boston Harbor, the tea cargo would be confiscated and dumped overboard. The revolution began in full swing as I represented Massachusetts in the first continental congress where I argued strongly for the separation of the separation of the colonies from British rule. I helped guide congress towards issuing the declaration of independence, and was one of the 56 signers of our nations glorified document of
freedom.
Later I returned to Boston and attempted to restore order to the dismantled city where there was much political disarray. I later remained in Boston as a political figure until my death in 1803.
All together Adams was a remarkable figure in the formation of the United States of America.
His views of rebellion remained strong, even in times of doubt of his followers. Samuel Adams role, in my mind, played as the father of the American Revolution and the savior of the Americas. His knowledgeable strategies of verbal warfare against British Rule was a sure attack of rebellion and made it almost effortless to enforce power by numbers amongst his fellow colonies. The American Revolution would be at an extreme loss without the presence of Samuel Adams. He is the reason that we as Americans are free from British rule and taxation. Adams enforced the liberty of our nation, and declared that a document must be put in place for our freedom from Britain. With the absence of Samuel Adams, our colonies would remain enslaved under British rule and we as a whole would not become a separate united
nation.

Works Cited
Kindig, Thomas. "Samuel Adams." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, 4 July 1995. Web. 29 Oct. 20 "Samuel Adams, Son of Liberty."
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