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Samuel Adams

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  • Birth

    Samuel Adams was born in Boston 1722
  • Attended Boston Latin School

    Attended Boston Latin School

  • Marries Elizebeth Checkly

    Adams marries his first wife, Elizabeth Checkly
  • Caucus Club

    Caucus Club

    Samuel Adams became a leader of a political group whose members were able to dominate the Boston town meeting

  • Samuel Adams Marries Elizabeth Wells

    He remarries... another elizabeth
  • Protests the Stamp Act

    Protests the Stamp Act

    Protests the Stamp Act
  • Founded the Sons of Liberty

    Founded the Sons of Liberty

    The sons of liberty in 1765 Started out as multiple shopkeepers known as "The loyal Nine"
  • Signes The Declaration of independence

    Signes The Declaration of independence

    Signes The Declaration of independence
  • Samuel Adams apposed the Townshend Acts in 1767

    Samuel Adams apposed the Townshend Acts in 1767

  • Leads opposition to Tea Act.

    Leads opposition to Tea Act.

  • Governer Bribery

    Governer Bribery

    In 1773 the next governer of massechuchetts tried to bribe Adams into siding with the british and to stop fighting. He obiously declined.
  • Adams was chosen to be a member of the provincal council during a Boston chrisis

    Adams was chosen to be a member of the provincal council during a Boston chrisis

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  • As a delegate to the continentall congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence

    As a delegate to the continentall congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence

  • Wrote the draft to the massechuschetts constitution

    Wrote the draft to the massechuschetts constitution

  • Retired From Congress

    He retired from congress and retearned to Massachusetts to become a leading member of the states convention to form a constetution.
  • Secures ratification of Constitution

    Secures ratification of Constitution

  • Appointed Lieutenant governer of the state

  • Elected Governer Of Massechuchetts

    He was re-elected every year until 1797

  • Death

    Samuel Adams died in boston, 1803