Samuel Adams
Describing the context in which Samuel Adams lived is not an easy thing to do, mainly because he had such a huge and profound effect on the era and location that he lived in. He lived through, and had a large impression on all the events that led up to the separation from Britain, along with surviving the war or independence, and ultimately served as the governor of a very important state in the young nation in which he lived. As his second cousin John Adams once said "Without him, in my opinion, American Independence could not have been declared in 1776"
One of the key trading ports back then was Boston, and that is where Sam Adams grew up. Founded barely a century before my the puritans, under the watchful eye on John Winthrop, the area still resonated with many of its puritan roots. However, the city was also growing fast, full of merchants, artisans and traders, and much of the early life of Massachusetts was faced with constant attacks from the French and......
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