Agitations of American revolutionary leader Samuel Adams spurred Bostonians toward rebellion against British occupation and rule; he, a member of the first and second Continental congresses, signed the Declaration of Independence, and served as governor of Massachusetts from 1794 to 1797.
People came to hold this colonial political philosopher of the movement among the Founding Fathers of the United States. They count this second cousin to John Adams, later president of United States, among the architects of the principles of republicanism that shaped the culture.
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