Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: John AdamsSam AdamsJohn Hancock

Road Map to Success: Massachusetts and the American Revolution Skill # 5: Identify and Evaluate the contributions of Sam Adams, John Adams, and John Hancock

Samuel Adams “The American”

Sam Adams 9/27/ /21/1803 Chief Mass. Leader of the Patriot cause leading to the American Revolution Organizer of protests including the Boston Tea Party Influential as a writer and theorist who articulated the principles of republicanism that shaped the American political culture. – Republic is a state or country that is led by people whose political power is based on principles that are not beyond the control of the people of that state or country. Served as a tax collector of Boston 1756 through 1764 Used non-collection as a political bargaining chip. By he was a leader in Boston’s town meetings, drafting protests against the STAMP ACT that protested British efforts to tax the colonists and called for a spirited defense of American’ “Invaluable Rights and Liberties.”

John Adams “The Love Lockdown for America”

John Adams 10/30/1735-7/4/1826 Founding Father of the United States American Politician who served as the first Vice President of the US Second President of the US He was defeated for re-election in 1800 by Thomas Jefferson Credited with drafting the Massachusetts Constitution An opponent of the Stamp Act of 1765 He was appointed on a committee with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and others to draft a Declaration of Independence. Although the document was largely drafted by Jefferson

John Hancock “The Smuggler”

John Hancock 1/12/ /8/1793 President of the Second Continental Congress 1 st governor of Massachusetts 1 st person to sign the US Declaration of Independence Resisted Stamp Act Hancock’s shipping practices became more evasive, and he began to smuggle glass, lead, paper and tea. His regular merchant trade as well as his smuggling practices financed much of his region’s resistance to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that “Sam Adams” writes the letter to newspapers and John Hancock pays the postage.

Mr. Burke 3/5/84-Present Coolest teacher at MHS So money he doesn’t even know it

Follow-up Assignments Answer question 4 on page 102 Read Section 4.2 in your book Answer questions 14 and 15 on page 126 Define – Valley Forge – Olive Branch Petition – Committees of Correspondence

Lexington and Concord First battle of the American Revolution

Old Boston

Battle of Bunker Hill Deadliest battle of the American Revolution