Samuel Adams was a notable American patriot, political philosopher, Governor of Massachusetts and a leader of the Boston Tea Party of 1773. - AsNotedIn
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| 1722/09/27 | Mary Fifield Adams, wife of Samuel Adams, gives birth to a son, Samuel Adams Jr in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay OS September 16. Born one of twelve children born, only three will live past age three. | Born | Samuel Adams's Birthday | ||||
| 1736/00/00 | Samuel Adams graduates from the Boston Latin School (lost) and enters Harvard College. Where he begins to formulate his political ideas. | Education | Old Harvard Yard | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1740/08/27 | Samuel Adams graduates from Harvard College. Since his junior year, his father has been able to afford board at a private home in Cambridge, a privilege that allows young Adams to avoid college food. | Education | Old Harvard Yard | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1742/10/00 | Due to his family's financial hardships, Sam Adams Jr pays for his graduate degree at Harvard by waiting on tables in the common dining hall. | Education | Massachusetts Hall, Harvard U | Cambridge, MA | Land Bank, Province of Massachusetts Bay | ||
| 1743/06/00 | Samuel Adams earns his graduate degree from Harvard. His thesis is titled "Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" | Education | Old Harvard Yard | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1765/08/00 | Samuel Adams establishes the Sons Of Liberty in Boston. | American Patriot | Stamp Act Congress | ||||
| 1770/02/26 | Christopher Seider, a son of poor German immigrants, is buried in Granary Burying Ground. | Mourner | Granary Burying Ground | Boston | Death of Christopher Seider | ||
| 1773/11/29 | Before a crowd of 5000 in and around Faneuil Hall, Samuel Adams' resolution, "that the tea should not be landed - that it should be sent back in the same bottom to the place whence it came, at all events, and that no duty should be paid on it," is adopted | Ringleader | Faneuil Hall | Boston | Boston Tea Party | ||
| 1773/12/16 | More than 5000 American colonists meet at the South Meeting House to decide the fate of three ships (BEAVER, ELEANOR and DARTMOUTH) loaded with tea docked at Griffin's Wharf | Ringleader | Old South Meetinghouse | Boston | Boston Tea Party | ||
| 1773/12/16 | More than 5000 American colonists meet at the South Meeting House to decide the fate of three ships (BEAVER, ELEANOR and DARTMOUTH) loaded with tea docked at Griffin's Wharf | Ringleader | Old South Meetinghouse | Boston | American Revolution - From Protest to Revolt | ||
| 1774/00/00 | During 1774, John and Samuel Adams stay at the Square House as they travel to and from the Continental Congress. | Visitor | Widow Haviland's Tavern | Rye | |||
| 1775/03/05 | Samuel Adams moderates an anual meeting at the Old South Meeting House commemorating the Boston Massacre. Speakers included Dr Joseph Warren, John Hancock, Benjamin Church and James Lovell. | Patriot | Old South Meetinghouse | Boston | |||
| 1775/04/19 | About midnight: Paul Revere arrives at Lexington warning John Hancock and Samuel Adams they are about to be arrested. | American Patriot to be arrested | Hancock-Clarke House | Lexington, MA | The Midnight Ride | ||
| 1795/07/04 | During a Masonic ceremony, Governor Samuel Adams and Paul Revere lay the cornerstone of the new Massachusetts State House on pasture land owned by the John Hancock family. | Massachusetts Governor | Massachusetts Statehouse | Boston | |||
| 1803/10/02 | American Patriot Samuel Adams dies at the age of 81. He is buried at the Granary Burying Ground in Boston. | Died | Granary Burying Ground | Boston |
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