Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American leader, politician, writer, political philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Adams was the chief Massachusetts leader of the patriot cause leading to the American Revolution. Organizer of protests leading up to and including the Boston Tea Party, he was most influential as the writer and theorist who expressed the principles of republicanism that shaped the American political culture. He used his writing to influence others, and make a case for withdrawing from Great Britain and forming a new representative government that would allow for self-governance and the civil rights of it citizens. (New World Encyclopedia, 2012)
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While no one event can be pointed to as the actual cause of the revolution, the war began as a disagreement over the way in which Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated. Americans felt they deserved all the rights of Englishmen. The British, on the other hand, felt that the colonies were created to be used in the way that best suited the crown and parliament. This conflict is embodied in one of the rallying cries of the American Revolution: No Taxation Without Representation. (About.com American History, 2012)
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While no one event can be pointed to as the actual cause of the revolution, the war began as a disagreement over the way in which Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated. Americans felt they deserved all the rights of Englishmen. The British, on the other hand, felt that the colonies were created to be used in the way that best suited the crown and parliament. This conflict is embodied in one of the rallying cries of the American Revolution: No Taxation Without Representation. (About.com American History, 2012)