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For a general introduction to the period of the Revolution, its causes, developments, and the people, see Stewart Beach, Samuel Adams: The Fateful Years, 1764–1776 (1965); and Cass Canfield, Samuel Adams’s Revolution, 1765–1776 (1976). Biographies include Ralph Volney Harlow, Samuel Adams, Promoter of the American Revolution: A Study in Psychology and Politics (1923, reprinted 1975); John C. Miller, Sam Adams: Pioneer in Propaganda (1936, reissued 1960); and Paul Lewis (Noel Bertram Gerson), The Grand Incendiary (1973).
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| Modified link of Web site: Libertarianism.org - Spark of Revolution: A Biography of Samuel Adams. | Nov 07, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Samuel Adams. | Apr 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Constitution Center - Samuel Adams. | Feb 03, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS SoCaL - Amanpour and Co - How Samuel Adams Fomented Revolution. | Nov 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Online Library of Liberty - Samuel Adams�Much More Than a Beer. | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alpha History - Samuel Adams. | Nov 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Samuel Adams. | Sep 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas Woman's University - The contributions of Samuel Adams to the American Revolution: A historiographic analysis. | Jul 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mass Moments - Samuel Adams Dies. | Apr 26, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Libertarianism.org - Spark of Revolution: A Biography of Samuel Adams. | Aug 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence - Samuel Adams. | May 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Boston Tea Party - Samuel Adams (1722-1803). | Feb 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Samuel Adams: Puritan. Patriot. Protester. | Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Samuel Adams: Boston's Radical Revolutionary. | Sep 14, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Samuel Adams. | Mar 28, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 07, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: My Hero - Biography of Samuel Adams. | Jan 28, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Biography of Samuel Adams. | Jan 28, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Biography of Samuel Adams. | Dec 27, 2016 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Sep 30, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: UShistory.org - Biography of Samuel Adams. | Oct 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Civil War - Biography of Samuel Adams. | Oct 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Old and Sold - Biography of Samuel Adams. | Oct 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Governors Association - Biography of Samuel Adams. | Oct 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Central - Biography of Samuel Adams. | Oct 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Samuel Adams. | Oct 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Samuel Adams. | Jan 25, 2013 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 17, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 23, 2006 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Oct 23, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: ColonialHall.com - Biography of Samuel Adams. | May 10, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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