Samuel Adams (1722–1803)
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Failed businessman Samuel Adams became Boston’s master politician in the tumultuous years leading up to the revolution (see Samuel Adams’ Tea Tax Speech (1773)). Adams signed the Declaration of Independence and served in both Continental Congresses. As governor of Massachusetts, he joined Paul Revere in laying the cornerstone of the State House (see Massachusetts State House)in 1795.
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