Samuel Adams
1722 – 1803
American

Merchant, political leader, and rebel. He courageously organized the Boston Tea Party prior to the American Revolutionary War.

Contemporaries
1801–1877Brigham Young
1732–1799George Washington
1793–1880Lucretia Mott
1781–1849William Miller
1663–1728Cotton Mather
1755–1835John Marshall
1736–1784Ann Lee
1792–1873Sarah Grimke
1706–1790Benjamin Franklin
fl. c. 1703–c. 1758Jonathan Edwards
1800–1891George Bancroft
1771–1852Hosea Ballou