Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Fun Facts






  • Adams ancestors were from England. The first Adams to settle in the colonies was Henry Adams.

  • There is a beer named after Samuel Adams.

  • Adams Developed a Chronic Nervous condition after failure at the brewery business that started with shaking of the hands.

  • Adams was selected to write Boston’s instructions to its colonial representatives.

  • Samuel Adams, James Otis and John Hancock, were all apart of a group that opposed Thomas Hutchinson.

  • Adams entered Harvard at a very young age

  • Was provided a horse with a carriage, money, and clothes when Adams got elected into the Continental Congress.

  • Signed the Declaration of Independence

<"Samuel Adams." Biography Resource Center. Gale, 2010. Web. 28 Feb. 2010.> <"Adams, Samuel." Student Resource Center-Gold. Gale, 2010. Web. 24 Feb. 2010>

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