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In my opinion the man who has had the greatest impact on the development of the United States is

Samuel Adams. Samuel Adams is known for two things: first his beer and secondly as the father of

American independence. Since beer has nothing to do with history i will focus on his involvement in, and

the events leading up to, the American War for Independence.

Many people do not know who Samuel Adams is and most confuse him with his cousin John

Adams who was the second president of the United States. Samuel Adams was never a president or even a

vice president but he was one of the most important leaders in U.S. history. In the decade leading up to the

Revolutionary War, Samuel Adams did more than any other person to promote American independence.He

was the first to prominent American to favor independence. For years he worked toward his goal by writing

thousands of letters from his Public Advertizer about British injustice to colonial leaders. Another hint of

his long wanted independence was his readiness for action, like he was just waiting for the opportunity,

when England did something to provoke the colonists.

The opportunity presented itself when the British i

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This did not bother the colonists extremely bad except for Samuel Adams who

wanted to continue with the rebellion. Now

Adams had an excuse to continue with his letters and organizing protests. Gates of Great Britain to crush the Rebellion. On April 19, 1775 British troops were ordered to

Lexington to Captdure Samuel Adams and John Hancock. He gave several speeches on the unlawfulness of the Stamp Act

and organized resistence against it. Tensions were calm over the next couple of years until the British

passed the Tea Act which cut the price of tea in half but still held the tax.

Samuel Adams called this incident the Boston Massacre. Samuel then led a committee to demand the

removal of British Troops from Boston. After this Adams organized the

largest public gathering in Bostons history to demand that the ships containing the tea be sent back to

England.

After the Intolerable acts were issued the colonists had organized a militia called the minute men

because they could be ready to fight at a minutes notice. Letter writing was just the

beginning of Samuel Adams's plan. Since the Sons of Liberty were involved in some illegal

activities, Adams kept his distance when they went into action but everyone in Boston knew he was the

leader. Adams began writing

letters to massachusetts news papers and lawmakers attacking the Stamp Act.

On March 5, 1770, the same day as the Boston Massacre, Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts

except for a small tax on tea.

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