Samuel Adams & Family
Samuel Adams was born in Boston, the British colony of Massachusetts on September 16, 1722 to Samuel Adams Sr. and Mary Fifield Adams was born on May 7, 1694. they were married in 1713. Samuel was one of twelve children. He was the tenth child. Only three of the children survived past the age of three, Mary, Samuel, and Joseph. Samuel was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Purchase Street. His mother brought him and his siblings up in the religion of Puritan. Puritans is a group of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, including, but not limited to English Calvinists. Their mother was a modest and honest women in her lifetime.
Samuel Adams marrie Elizabeth Checkley, his pastor's daughter. Elizabeth gave birth to six children over the next seven years, but only two lived to be adults. Samuel (1751) and Hannah (1756). In July 1757, Elizabeth died after giving birth to a still born son. Samuel Adams remarried in 1764 to Elizabeth Wells, but they didn't have children.
Samuel Adams marrie Elizabeth Checkley, his pastor's daughter. Elizabeth gave birth to six children over the next seven years, but only two lived to be adults. Samuel (1751) and Hannah (1756). In July 1757, Elizabeth died after giving birth to a still born son. Samuel Adams remarried in 1764 to Elizabeth Wells, but they didn't have children.
Schooling and Early Career
At first Samuel didn't know what he wanted to do after he was done at Harvard college. The plan was to become a lawyer, but decided to start with business. He took a job at Thomas Chushing's counting house, but with his involvement with politics left him preoccupied with it all the leading to Mr. Cushing to have Samuel leave the job. In other words Thomas Chushing fired him because he was involved in politics. Samuel took a loan of 1,000 pounds from his father, Samuel Adams Sr., in order to start his own business. Samuel lost or spent all the money on lending his friend money and blowing away the remaining. His father than made him a partner in the family's malthourse, which was next to their house on Purchase Street.
Like his father, Adams decided to to go into politics and was elected to office in 1747, serving as a clerk at the Boston market. In 1756 the Boston Town Meeting elected him to the post of tax collector. He often failed to collect taxed from his fellow citizens, which increased his popularity among this who didn't pay. By 1765 Adams' account was mor than 8,000 pounds in arrears. The town was meeting on the account that they were on the verge of bankruptcy. In 1768 Adams' friends paid off some of the deficit, and the town wrote off the remainder.
Like his father, Adams decided to to go into politics and was elected to office in 1747, serving as a clerk at the Boston market. In 1756 the Boston Town Meeting elected him to the post of tax collector. He often failed to collect taxed from his fellow citizens, which increased his popularity among this who didn't pay. By 1765 Adams' account was mor than 8,000 pounds in arrears. The town was meeting on the account that they were on the verge of bankruptcy. In 1768 Adams' friends paid off some of the deficit, and the town wrote off the remainder.
Involved in the Stamp Act
In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which required colonists to pay a new tax on most printed materials. The news on the Stamp Act created an uproar in the colonies. In June 1765, Otis called for a Stamp Act Congress to coordinate colonial resistance. Not only did Adams argue that the Stamp Act was unconstitutional; he also believed that it would hurt the economy of the British Empire. He supported calls for a Boycott of British goods to put pressure on Parliament to repeal the tax.
Involved in the Townshend Acts
After the repeal of the Stamp Act, Parliament took a different approach to raisin revenue, passing the Townshend Acts in 1767, which established new taxes on various goods imported into the the colonies. these duties were relatively low, because the British ministry wanted to establish the precedent that Parliament had the right to tax the colonies before imposing higher taxes. Revenues from these taxes were to be used to pay for governors and judges who would be independent of colonial control. To enforce compliance with the new laws, the Townshend Acts created a customs agency known as the American Board of Custom Commissioners, which was headquartered in Boston.
Questions
1. When was he born?
a. September 18, 1722
b. September 20, 1722
c. September 16, 1722
d. August 25, 1722
2. What was he elected to be in 1747?
a. The President of the United States
b. A Clerk
c. A tax collector
d. A governor
a. September 18, 1722
b. September 20, 1722
c. September 16, 1722
d. August 25, 1722
2. What was he elected to be in 1747?
a. The President of the United States
b. A Clerk
c. A tax collector
d. A governor