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Samuel Adams Grave

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Samuel Adams Grave
42.357467°N 71.061217°W

6/23/2012 3:10:20 PM

Granary Burying Ground

Samuel Adams was one of the founding fathers of the United States (and a second cousin to President John Adams). He graduated from Harvard College in 1770 and eventually entered politics. He was a major proponent of independence from Britain as a representative of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was instrumental in setting up a network of patriots throughout the 13 colonies.

Adams was a member of the Continental Congress and encouraged the Congress to issue the Declaration of Independence. He also helped draft the Articles of Confederation and the Massachusetts Constitution. After the revolutionary war, he became a state senator in Massachusetts and eventually the governor of Massachusetts.

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Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to President John Adams.

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