Samuel Adams

✶September 27, 1722

†October 2, 1803

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Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, President John Adams. He founded the Sons of Liberty.

American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803)

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Biography from the article Samuel Adams on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.