samuel adams

     

Samuel Aams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, politician, writer and political philosopher, brewer, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Adams was instrumental in garnering the support of the colonies for rebellion against Great Britain, eventually resulting in the American Revolution, and was also one of the key architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped American political culture. He was the second cousin of John Adams.

Trivia about samuel adams

  • This cousin of John Adams represents Massachusetts in the collection
  • The cousin of an early president, or a prize-winning beer
  • The main goal of Paul Revere's ride was to warn John Hancock & this patriot that the British were out to capture them
  • This Bostonian's name was on an honorary degree in 1792; today it's on a beer
  • Give him a beer! This patriot became tax collector of Boston in 1756
  • The Boston Beer Co. makes a lager named for this brewer, patriot & cousin of a U.S. president
  • In my day, I was known as a declaration signer & a Massachusetts governor, not a beermaker
  • Patriot discussed in the following clip"He had been a failure in everything that he did, until the revolution; his father gave him a lot of money..."
  • Two-row barley & German noble aroma hops help make this Founding Father's Boston Lager go down easy
  • Google links to the site for this American beer that's sponsoring a LongShot American Homebrew Contest
  • Historians believe he gave the signal for the Tea Party (not the beer party) to begin
  • One of the leading architects of the Revolution was this second cousin of the second U.S. president
  • In 1765 this Boston brewer helped organize the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act
  • From 1756 to 1764 this former brewer served as tax collector of Boston