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Thanks in part to television portrayals and many history books, the common perception of samuel adams today is of a firebrand who organized the boston tea party, openly threw insults at the british occupiers of boston, and liked his taverns. Samuel adams, born september 27 september 16, old style, 1722, boston, massachusetts u. Samuel adams reading with questions student handouts. All in all, however, this book is an important corrective about the life of samuel adams.
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