Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence, was a statesman and political philosopher from colonial Massachusetts. He played a key role in the American Revolution and helped shape the principles of American republicanism. As a second cousin to President John Adams, he came from a religious and politically active family and was educated at Harvard College. Although his business ventures were unsuccessful, he found success in politics, serving as an influential member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Boston Town Meeting. He was also a vocal opponent of British Parliament's attempts to tax the American colonies without their consent in the 1760s.