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Samuel Adams (September 27 (OS), — October 2, ) was an American leader, politician, writer, and political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Adams helped gather support in the American colonies to rebel against Great Britain. This led to the American Revolution.

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Adams also shaped the foundations of American politics.

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Adams was brought up in a religious family. He was educated at Boston Latin School and Harvard College.

He first became a businessman, but did not like it.

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He turned his interest instead to politics and became an influential political writer. In his writings, and at town meetings in Boston, Adams urged people to defend their rights and liberties, withdraw from Great Britain, and form a new government.

Adams wrote protests against the taxes that Parliament imposed on the colonies, like the Stamp Act of He helped to organize the Boston Tea Party in and was a member of the Con