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Samuel Adams : Patriot and Politician
‘The natural liberty of a man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature of his rule’ ( Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, , 1772, November 20, page 419)
On the eve of December 16, 1773 a company of men passed through the streets of Boston disguised as Mohawk Indians. One of the men that lead this spectacular scene was the respected and admired, Samuel Adams.
Samuel Adams was one of the key figures who played a role in keeping the controversy alive during the revolution which swept Massachusetts. From the reference above it clearly shows that Adams was a religious man and has been named ‘ the visible product of the New England Church’ ( Great American Statesmen and Heroes, Catherine Millard, 1994). He talks of ‘the law of nature’ and portrays the idea of an almighty power which rules man...
‘The natural liberty of a man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature of his rule’ ( Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, , 1772, November 20, page 419)
On the eve of December 16, 1773 a company of men passed through the streets of Boston disguised as Mohawk Indians. One of the men that lead this spectacular scene was the respected and admired, Samuel Adams.
Samuel Adams was one of the key figures who played a role in keeping the controversy alive during the revolution which swept Massachusetts. From the reference above it clearly shows that Adams was a religious man and has been named ‘ the visible product of the New England Church’ ( Great American Statesmen and Heroes, Catherine Millard, 1994). He talks of ‘the law of nature’ and portrays the idea of an almighty power which rules man...
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