anyone against bush, US president?

[Lady's Human]

Jefferson succeeded Adams,and therefore could not criticize Adams as his successor. Lincoln died in office (He wasn't alive to criticize his successors), as did FDR. TR criticized his successor as he ran against him for election

[Edwina's Secretary]

There you go again LH! There were TWO presidents named Adams. You are correct that John Adams preceded Jefferson but John Quincy Adams came after Jefferson. ANd she is right. Jefferson was very critical of his sucessors...although often still able to remain friendly with them.

[RICHARD]

There you go again LH! There were TWO presidents named Adams. You are correct that John Adams preceded Jefferson but John Quincy Adams came after Jefferson. ANd she is right. Jefferson was very critical of his sucessors...although often still able to remain friendly with them.

Then who was SAM ADAMS???

[JenBKR]

Then who was SAM ADAMS???

The most important of them all!

[LoudLou]

Samuel Adams was an American Patriot and organizer of the Boston Tea Party.

He played a major role in starting the American Revolution.

He was a leader of a group of radicals called the Sons of Liberty

1765 he was elected to a seat in the Massachusetts colonial legislature (called the "General Court"), where he immediately became a vocal opponent of the Stamp Act, helping to instigate Boston's Stamp Act riots of that year. He was responsible for drafting written protests of various British governmental acts.

Drafted a response to the 1767 Townshend Acts, and distributed it to the other twelve colonies in a bid to achieve a united front of resistance to these acts. The failure of the legislature to rescind the contents of this letter at the express demand of King George is usually cited as one of the main factors resulting in the stationing of troops in Boston beginning in 1768, aggravated by protest activities such as Adams' formation of the Non-Importation Association, led to the Boston Massacre 2 years later. After which Adams chaired a town meeting and formed a petition, presented to acting governor Thomas Hutchinson, demanding the removal of two British regiments from Boston. Hutchinson claimed no responsibility for the matter, owing to his temporary status as governor, but stated he would be willing to move one regiment; the meeting was re-convened and Adams successfully urged the crowd of over 5,000 present to stand firm on the terms: "Both regiments or none!" Fearing open warfare, Hutchinson had both regiments removed to Castle William, an old fort on an island in Boston Harbor. These regiments would thereafter be known in the British Parliament as "The Sam Adams Regiments

In 1772 Adams devised a system of Committees of Correspondence, whereby the towns of Massachusetts would consult with each other concerning political matters via messages. Such a scheme was still technically legal under British law, but led to a de facto colonial legislative body. Dabney Carr of Virginia later proposed the adoption of this system throughout the Thirteen Colonies, which led eventually to the formation of the Continental Congress as we know it today.

Best remembered for helping to organize, the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773 in response to the Tea Act. After that, Parliament passed what was later to be known as the "Intolerable Acts," which called for the revocation of the colonial charter of Massachusetts and the closing of the port of Boston. Reaction from the colonies was to expedite the opening of a Continental Congress, and when the Massachusetts legislature met in Salem on June 17, 1774, Adams locked the doors and made a motion for the formation of a colonial delegation to attend the Congress.

Was one of the major spokesmen of the Suffolk Resolves drafted in response to the Intolerable Acts, adopted in September 1774. In that same month the Continental Congress held its first meeting. Adams was sent to Philadelphia as a representative from the Massachusetts colony. From the beginning of his time in Congress he was one of the most vocal proponents of independence. After signing the Declaration in 1776, was instrumental in the development and adoption of the loose government embodied in the Articles of Confederation, to which he was also a signatory in 1777. He continued serving in the Congress until 1781, when he was elected to the state senate of Massachusetts. He served in that body until 1788, becoming its president.

When the United States Constitution was drafted, Adams was considered an anti-federalist (They opposed the creation of a stronger national government under the Constitution and sought to leave the government under the Articles of Confederation intact) , but more moderate than others of that political stripe. His contemporaries nicknamed him "the last Puritan" for his views; in 1788 he would write in his diary regarding the federalist and anti-federalist factions, "Neither Interest, I fear, display that Sobriety of Manners, Temperance, or Frugality—among other manly Virtues—which once were the Glory and Strength of our Christian Sparta on the Bay...". He finally came in on the side of ratification, with the stipulation that a bill of rights be added. Additionally, Adams was a member of the conventions that drafted the first Massachusetts state constitution in 1779, and the second one in 1788.

Best Sam Adams quote:

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."



…. Oh, yes and RICHARD he did make beer….

[RICHARD]

…. Oh, yes and RICHARD he did make beer….

BUFFALO BILLS
# 95 Sam Adams
Position: DT
Height: 6-4
Weight: 335
Born: 06/13/1973
College: Texas A&M
NFL Experience: 12

[LoudLou]

What about his Dad? Sam Adams Sr. - Offensive guard with the New England Patriots (1972-1980) and New Orleans Saints (1981).