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'''Samuel Adams''' (1722-1803) was an early [[American]] governor, lawyer and signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]]. Adams was the second cousin of [[John Adams]], the second President of the United States, and was known for his great animosity toward England's presence in the colonial affairs.<ref>http://ushistory.org/declaration/signers/adams_s.htm</ref>
'''Samuel Adams''' (1722-1803) was an early [[American]] governor, lawyer and signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]]. Adams was the second cousin of [[John Adams]], the second President of the United States, and was known for his great animosity toward England's presence in the colonial affairs.<ref>http://ushistory.org/declaration/signers/adams_s.htm</ref>
Adams was a strong and vocal opponent of many of the British Parliamentary acts designed to raise revenues in the American Colonies.
Adams was a strong and vocal opponent of many of the British Parliamentary acts designed to raise revenues in the American Colonies.
As a member of the [[Massachusetts]] legislature, Adams and four others were elected to serve in the [[Continental Congress|First Continental Congress]] (1774). He again served in the Second Continental Congress where he pushed for full independence from English rule. Adams served in the Continental Congress until 1781, when he returned to Boston. In 1788, Adams was a candidate for the U.S. House, but lost the election to [[Fisher Ames]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wpXzqmjp5IYC&pg=PA4 Birth of the Bill of Rights: Biographies]</ref> In 1793, he was elected as Governor of Massachusetts and served until 1797. Adams is the oldest governor the state of Massachusetts has ever had.<ref>http://www.americansonsofliberty.com/samadams.htm</ref>
As a member of the [[Massachusetts]] legislature, Adams and four others were elected to serve in the [[Continental Congress|First Continental Congress]] (1774). He again served in the Second Continental Congress where he pushed for full independence from English rule. Adams served in the Continental Congress until 1781, when he returned to Boston. In 1788, Adams was a candidate for the U.S. House, but lost the election to [[Fisher Ames]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wpXzqmjp5IYC&pg=PA4 Birth of the Bill of Rights: Biographies]</ref> In 1793, he was elected as Governor of Massachusetts and served until 1797. Adams is the oldest governor the state of Massachusetts has ever had.<ref>http://www.americansonsofliberty.com/samadams.htm</ref>
==Early life==
==Early life==
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
*"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
*"Constitution be never construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."<ref>A proposal that Adams made in 1788. [http://books.google.com/books?id=wwQOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA267&dq=adams+%22peaceable+citizens+from+keeping+their+own+arms%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES p 267]</ref>
*"Constitution be never construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."<ref>A proposal that Adams made in 1788. [http://books.google.com/books?id=wwQOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA267&dq=adams+%22peaceable+citizens+from+keeping+their+own+arms%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES p 267]</ref>