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How Did Samuel Adams Contribute To American Politics

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Carmen Cannon Ribota US HIS/Per. 3 1 / 31 / 17 Samuel Adams Samuel Adams was one America’s Founding Fathers, signer of Declaration of Independence, politician during and after the American Revolution. Samuel Adams was born on September 27th, 1722 and died on October 2nd 1803, Adams was 81 years old when he died. Adams had many political and religious views, as for one Adams was inspired by the Enlightenment’s philosophical political point of views. Due to the Enlightenment Samuel Adams was able to contribute many things that led to American independence. Adams was born into Puritan family, but he later became a Congregationalist, his religious point of views that played a really big role in his politics. “A Congregational church is or relating to the Protestant churches deriving from the English Independents and autonomy of local congregation”. Adams also had previous work and education history before he started his careers as a politician. …show more content…

Before starting his career as a politician, Adams started working as a tax collector in Boston, he also was started to take chances in businesses such as brewer, and as a newspaper publisher, but failed. While Adams was a tax collector he “neglected to collect public levies” and keep proper accounts, which exposed him to lawsuits. After the suits Adams “started being an active and influential part in local politics”. When England passed the Sugar Act in 1764, Adams started being an important figure against British rule to the colonies. After the Sugar Act was passed and then the Stamp Act, Adams felt that this was start of the colonies being taxed without representation (no taxation without representation). After these incidents Adams, started becoming more committed to American independence from

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