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=SAMUEL ADAMS: "I Am" Project by Angie S. 8F = = =

Phase 1: K-W-L Paragraph
My "I Am" person is Samuel Adams. Samuel Adams was one of the most well-known politicians in the history of United States. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 27th, 1722. Before researching about my person, I did not know about Samuel Adams well. I was aware that he was a strong politician, and that he participated in many activities against the British, such as the Boston Massacre. I also knew that he led the Sons of Liberty, was a delegate of Massachusetts in both the First and the Second Continental Congress, and that he was the cousin of a famous lawyer, John Adams. As I began researching and got to know about Samuel Adams in more detail, I found out a lot about him. Samuel Adams was one of the twelve sons of Samuel Adams Sr., and Mary (Fifield) Adams. However, only three out of these twelve sons survived, and one of them was Samuel Adams. He was exposed to politics ever since he was young; Samuel Adams Sr. was a prosperous merchant, and he was a leading figure in Boston politics. When Samuel Adams was young, he attended the Boston Latin School, and he attended Harvard University in 1736. Even after graduating in 1740, he continued to study, which resulted in his achievement of his master's degree in 1743. After leaving the university, he began to study law and private business. When his business failed in 1764, he worked as a full-time politician. Adams was one of the many protestants that went against the British laws of raising revenue in the American Colonies. He was one of the participants in the Sons of Liberty, which protested against the British. Adams took part in the Boston Tea Party, boycott of British trade by the American Colonies, and many more rebellion. In 1774, Adams was one of the four representatives of Massachusetts in the First Continental Congress. Then, he was again the delegate of Massachusetts in the Second Continental Congress, where, as a representative of a State, he signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1781, Adams retired from the Congress, to return to Massachusetts, where he was appointed lieutenant governor of state in 1789. He was elected as Governor in 1794, and annually, he was reelected until 1797. Adams then died in October 2nd, 1803.

As I was researching about Adams, I asked several questions to myself. First of all, I wondered about the general facts of his life: his education, his parents, his birth and death date, his family. However, as I looked deeper at Samuel Adams, I questioned myself further. Why did Samuel Adams choose to lead a political life, rather than a life as a lawyer or business man? Did his childhood influence on his decisions on being a politician? Did Samuel Adams' choice of being a politician have an influence on his cousin, John Adams? Was Samuel Adams partly responsible for triggering the Revolutionary War? All these questions made me lead up to my historical questions. (Look at phase 2...)

**Phase 2: Historical Question**

//What is your historical question?// My historical question is "How significant was Samuel Adams in triggering the American Revolution?"

//What information do you expect to find during your research?// First of all, I will have to research deeply about the Sons of Liberty, Samuel Adams, and the Boston Town Meetings. I will have to found out more about which rebellions/ protests that he took part in, and see if there are any documents that Samuel Adams has created in order to persuade the British to having their independence. Because this is a very specific question, it will not acquire me of too much research; however, I will still expect myself to learn more about Samuel Adams, and significant things that he has done.

//What information resources will you use to find the answer to your question?// I have a lot of sources that I can use in order to research this question. In order to find the primary resources, I can use many websites such as "Library of Congress" and "National Archives." Finding secondary resources will not be too difficult; there are many websites that I know, such as "ABC-Clio" and "History Channel" that I can use to read and learn more about the Sons of Liberty, and Samuel Adams. Also, I will need to know more about the American Revolution and more about the Sons of Liberty, so I can go to "ABC-Clio" and look at "Hippo Campus" videos to know more information about them.

**Phase 3: Primary Sources**

//**Documents:**//

[|Circular Letter of the Boston Committee of Correspondence; May 13th, 1774]

[|Resolution of the Boston Town Meeting; September 13th, 1768]



[|Sons of Liberty in 1755]

[|Sons of Liberty List]



[|Advertisement for Sons of Liberty]



[|John Adams to Samuel Adams, September 12th, 1790]

//**Quotations

"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to use with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men." - Samuel Adams **//

"Samuel Adams Quote/Quotation." __Library Tree__. 28 May 2009 .

"And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; or to raise standing armies, unless necessary for the defense of the United States, or of some one or more of them; or to prevent the people from petitioning, in a peaceable and orderly manner, the federal legislature, for a redress of grievances; or to subject the people to unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons, papers, or possessions." - Samuel Adams

"Samuel Adams Quote/Quotation." __Library Tree__. 28 May 2009 .

 //**Image**//



"Artifacts and Images of The American Revolution." __The Authentic History Center__. 29 May 2009 .

**Phase 4: Secondary Sources**

//**Documents**//

[|Declaration of Independence (1776)] [|The Rights of the Colonists (1772)] [|Articles of Confederation (1781)] [|Nonimportation Agreement (1774)]

//**Visuals**//

[|Boston Tea Party] [|Samuel Adams]

//**Cartoon**//



//**Video About Samuel Adams**// [] []

//**Information of Samuel Adams**//

[|Biography of Samuel Adams (lucidcafe.com)] [|Biography of Samuel Adams (ushistory.org)] [|Biography of Samuel Adams (colonialhall.com)] [|Biography of Samuel Adams (abc-clio.com)]


 * Phase 5: Thesis Writing**

This is my script PDF file for my podcast project:



**Phase 6: Podcast Presentation**

This is my podcast presentation! Enjoy listening to it (:

media type="file" key="Samuel Adams Podcast.mp3"

**Timeline**

Here is my timeline about Samuel Adams. It explains briefly about Samuel Adams' life, especially his political life.