Samuel Adams Role In The American Revolution

There are many people that made impacts on history with their literary works, but few can say they helped to spark a revolution. “It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” (Samuel Adams) Boston was an irate minority that kept setting brushfires to ignite the nation in a revolution against the British Empire. Despite suffering family bankruptcy because of the British, Samuel Adams played a crucial role in setting brushfires at the start of the American Revolution.

Samuel Adams grew up in a very religious household where his father was even a Deacon at the local church. His father, Deacon Adams, was also a local brewer and successful businessman.

He publicized the reports of brutality toward the citizens of Boston either by written word in the papers or by making public spectacles of events. One of these events was when people were protesting Ebenezer Richardson; a customs informer. Ebenezer fired a warning shot into the crowd that gathered outside of his home, and killed a young boy named Christopher Sneider. Another incident is the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was a brawl that resulted in 5 dead on King Street. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and Dr. Joseph Warren helped in publicizing these incidents with an over-the-top funeral procession to memorialize the Massacre victims and

It made their tea the cheapest tea to buy in Boston. They would only sell the tea t seven shops in Boston; two of which were shops owned by the Royal Governor’s, Thomas Hutchinson, sons. Samuel tried his hand at politicking by gathering support for the patriot merchants that were hurt by the Tea Act and forming the Boston Committee of Correspondence. This committee communicated by letter with the other colonies to spread resistance against the recent Acts and British government. Liberty Tree incident. November 5, 1773, there was a town meeting at Faneuil Hall where it was said that Parliament had no right to introduce arbitrary taxes, and in doing so reduced Boston to a state of slavery. November 28, Dartmouth, a tea ship owned by colonist Rotch, arrived in Boston with 114 crates of East India Company tea. December 2, Eleanor owned by colonist Rowe arrived with 114 more crates of the tea, and on December 15, Beaver another Rotch ship arrived with yet more tea. Samuel Adams started to negotiate with the owners and customs officials to send the tea back to Britian. The customs law at the time said that the ships had to unload their cargo in 20 days from when they arrived in port. The customs collector wouldn’t let the ships leave before unloading their tea. Rotch went to the Old South Meeting House on December 16 in front of thousands of angry Boston citizens trying to