Happy birthday, Samuel Adams!
On September 27, 1722, the American patriot Samuel Adams was born in Boston. Intensely interested in politics–often at the expense of his business ventures–in 1748 Adams helped to launch the Independent Advertiser, a weekly newspaper to which he would contribute essays arguing in favor of the colonists’ rights as British citizens. In 1765, Adams was elected to represent Boston in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, in which he argued vehemently against … Read more »
