Adams, Samuel

Born: September 27, 1722; Boston, Massachusetts; Died: October 2, 1803; Cambridge, MA.  Adams served as Governor of Massachusetts, Delegate to the Continental Congress, and he was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence.  He was a leader in the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the principle architects of what would become the American System of Liberty.  , and was the cousin of the second President of the United States, John Adams.  Adams was an Anti-Federalist, viewing the Constitution as the creation of a national government, rather than a federal union of States, as it was being called.  He participated in the Massachusetts ratifying convention, listening more than raising objections.  He later supported the Constitution, provided that some amendments would be added later, which ultimately became the Bill of Rights.  He was known for his frugal lifestyle, even when later in life he became relatively wealthy as a result of land investments, some of which were given to him by his son when the younger Adams died at the age of 37.  Upon Samuel Adams’ death, the Independent Chronicle eulogized him as the “Father of the American Revolution.”  William Gordon and Mercy Otis Warren, two historians who knew Adams, wrote of him as a man selflessly dedicated to the American Revolution.