Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2,
1803) was a statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding
Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial
Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the
American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles
of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the
United States. He was a second cousin to President John Adams.