Samuel Adams 2

"Let us contemplate out forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet …

…played a major role until his death in 1803. Samuel Adams truly is the father of American independence. Work Cited Page “Adams, Samuel.” Encyclopedia Americana, Inc. 1990 ed. Carlson, Bill. “Samuel Adams.” The Rhodes Family Genealogy Family Stories. Infotrac, 1991. Fradin, Dennis. Samuel Adams. New York City: Clarion Books, 1998. Miller, Ann. “Samuel Adams.” Lucidcafé Library, Inc. http://www.bena.com/lucidcafe/library/95sep/adams.html, 1995. Morris, John. “Adams, Samuel.” The Reader’s Companion to American History. Electric Library, 1991.