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Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of…
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culture · Founding Father of the United States (1722–1803) · politician · philosopher · also Samuel Adams, Sam Adams, Adams
Born 27 September 1722 · Died 2 October 1803 · Q212963
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 7,601 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.9× the usual 1,558, with 0 article edits.
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2021· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “In September 2021, Samuel Adams announced the release of a beer that would be illegal in 15 states because of its high alcohol content.” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “Former U.S. President John Adams once said "For true patriots to be silent, is dangerous."” Incorrect Attribution.
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2004· 1 entry
Ray Raphael's Founding Myths continued Maier's line by deconstructing several of the "Sam" Adams myths that are still repeated in many textbooks and popular histories
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1985· 1 entry
Drawing upon the tradition that Adams had been a brewer; it became a popular award-winning brand
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1980· 1 entry
Arguing instead that Adams, like most of his peers, did not embrace independence until after the American Revolutionary War had begun in 1775
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1974· 1 entry
Akers called on historians to critically re-examine the sources rather than simply repeating the myth
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1936· 1 entry
In what became the standard biography of Adams that Adams "controlled" Boston with his "trained mob"
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1928· 1 entry
That "there is no clear evidence in his contemporary writings that such was the case
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1885· 1 entry
James Hosmer wrote a biography that praised Adams, but also found some of his actions troubling, such as the 1773 publication of Hutchinson's private letters
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1865· 1 entry
A three-volume work written by William Wells, his great-grandson
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1803· 2 entries
Died 1803-10-02.
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And was interred at the Granary Burying Ground in Boston
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1793· 1 entry
Career landmark: Governor of Massachusetts (1793–1797).
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1780· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780).
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1722· 1 entry
Born 1722-09-27.
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