Samuel Adams

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People like to hear the story of Samuel Adams for two reasons. First it is a story of the greatest hero in American history full of much triumph and fighting for the common good. Also they like to hear of how he was a failure in every sense before he found exactly what his life’s calling was. Perhaps it gives people some hope for their own lives because he failed at every job he ever had and still became the greatest man in the history of this fine country.

Adams came from a fairly wealthy family that resided in Boston. The son of a merchant and maltster, Adams was a 1740 graduate of Harvard College. When at Harvard he publicly defended the thesis that it is "lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Common wealth cannot be otherwise preserved" (Morris 91) which meant that it was okay to protest against England if nothing else could help the situation. Adherence to this principle was ever ...

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