Chuck Baldwin -- Founders Without Whom America Would Not Exist

Chuck Baldwin -- Founders Without Whom America Would Not Exist: "Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams is rightly called 'The Father of the American Revolution.' He was a cousin to President John Adams and a graduate of Harvard. He was perhaps the most influential member of the Massachusetts State legislature. He succeeded John Hancock as Governor of Massachusetts. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He, along with men such as Dr. Joseph Warren, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee, and Josiah Quincy, Jr., created the 'Committees of Correspondence,' which became the principle conduit of articles and letters of pro-revolution, pro-liberty, and pro-independence communication between the colonies. Adams was also very influential in the now-famous Boston Tea Party.

Sam Adams was so hated by the British government that they used military force to try and apprehend him, which led to both the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, and the 'Shot Fired Heard 'Round The World' at Lexington Green and Concord Bridge on April 19, 1775. Without Samuel Adams, there would be no America.

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