Was born on September 27 of 1722, in Boston Massachusetts and died on October 2 1803.

Samuel Adams was politician philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Was a leader of the American Revolution. He was a second cousin to John Adams.

He graduate from Harvard College, he was an unsuccessful businessman and tax collector, was an influential official of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a part of a movement opposed to the British Parliament's efforts to tax the  colonies without their consent. 

His 1768 circular letter calling for colonial cooperation prompted the occupation of Boston by British soldiers, eventually resulting in the Boston Massacre of 1770.

Continued resistance to British policy resulted in the 1773 Boston Tea Party and the coming of the American Revolution.

After the coercive acts he a attended the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. He helped guide Congress towards issuing the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and helped draft the Articles of Confederation and the Massachusetts Constitution.