Founding Father and brewer who helped organize the Boston Tea Party. He helped draft the Articles of Confederation and the Massachusetts Constitution and he was the 4th Governor of Massachusetts from 1794 to 1797.
He wrote a thesis which strongly hinted at his colonial-rights political views.
The beer company named after him was not founded by him, but was created in 1985.
His second cousin was President John Adams. He had one son, Samuel Adams Jr., who died during the American Revolution.
Thomas Jefferson wrote that Adams was “truly the Man of the Revolution.”
Samuel Adams Age
How old is Samuel Adams? He was born in 1722, he was 302 years old at the time of his death.
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Samuel Adams Wiki
| Famous as | Politician |
|---|---|
| Age | 302 years old |
| Birthday | September 27, 1722 |
| Birthplace | Boston, MA |
| Date of Death | October 2, 1803 |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra |
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| Net Worth | N/A |
Quotes by Samuel Adams
It is not infrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty – to oppress without control, or the restraint of laws, all who are poorer and weaker than themselves.
— Samuel Adams
We have proclaimed to the world our determination ‘to die freemen, rather than to live slaves.’ We have appealed to Heaven for the justice of our cause, and in Heaven we have placed our trust.
— Samuel Adams
But,’ say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, ‘we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.’ On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.
— Samuel Adams
The love of power, like the love of money, increases with the possession of it; and we know in what ruin these baneful passions have involved human societies in all ages when they have been let loose and suffered to rage uncontrolled – There is no restraint like the pervading eye of the virtuous citizens.
— Samuel Adams
Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
— Samuel Adams