Sam Adams Biography

Samuel Adams was a well-known American patriot, who led the resistance movement against British policy prior to the American Revolution. He was a powerful revolutionist that mixed his political views with morality. In the following paper I aim to prove that Samuel Adams was the most influential political leader in colonial America, in which guided our country towards independence. The term paper will be divided into two sections. In the first section I will present some events of Samuel Adams’ life as described in two encyclopedia articles, A1 and A2. The second part of the paper will describe certain aspects of Samuel Adams’ life as read in chapters 2 and 3 of the biography entitled Samuel Adams; Father of the American Revolution by Mark Puls. Samuel Adams was born on September 27, 1722 in Boston, Massachusetts. He grew up in a strong, moral and intellectual family who had a strong belief in the church and valued education above all else. Interest in politics ran in the Adams family as well. His father, Deacon Samuel Adams was the founder of Boston’s Caucus Club, which was made up of working class people who would meet to discuss political views. As a child growing up listening to these meetings, Samuel Adams had showed interest in the government. Because the family was very religious as well, it was expected of Sam to one day become a minister. Spending his childhood devoted to religion and the church, he believed that he would turn out to be one as well. (A1, A2) At the age of fourteen, Sam Adams enrolled in Harvard University. There he studied Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, philosophy, science, writing and public speaking. He seemed to enjoy writing and philosophy the most. John Locke was his favorite philosopher and he took much interest in his writings. Locke believed that the government did not have the right to tax people without the consent of the people through their elected representatives. "Whenever the power that is put in any hands for the government

Bibliography: Puls, Mark. Samuel Adams Father of the American Revolution. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.