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September 27, 2002
Hoist a beer for the birthday boy Samuel Adams, a signatory to the Declaration of Independence and all round hero patriot, was born September 27, 1722.
As a candidate for a master's degree in 1743, Sam Adams wrote his thesis in answer to the question "Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." Of course, he argued that the correct answer was YES.
He was the driving force behind the grassroots creation of what would quickly evolve into the Continental Congress. In 1772, the British government declared that judges were to be paid by Britain rather than the locals. They did this to usurp judicial independence. When the acting governor of Massachusetts refused requests for a meeting of the legislature to deal with the issue, Sam Adams proposed that each town should form "committees of correspondence" to confer with one another about this and other common issues. From there, it was but a short step for the committees to send representatives to meetings. The other colonies followed this lead. The committees from the various colonies sent representatives to meet together, and voila- a whole new country was in the offing.
