Volume CLXXVI • No. 1

The Federal Ledger

Est. 1776 • Digital Archive of the Republic

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Portrait of Samuel Adams
Massachusetts
Samuel Adams
Father of the Revolution

Samuel Adams

1722–1803 • Massachusetts
Governor of Massachusetts

Most Important Quote

“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority.”
— Samuel Adams

Biography

Organizer of the Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party. The political mind that turned Boston into a revolutionary capital.

Stances

Radical republican. Suspicious of all power, monarchical or federal.

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