Category — Samuel Adams

"Ideas have consequences," Richard Weaver wrote some 70 years ago in his book urging a return to the transcendental values of Western Civilization. Especially consequential are the ideas in the preamble of the Declaration, as this essay reminds us.   Read the rest of this entry »

This book reveals the story behind Boston Tea Party. It is as much a tale of political infighting as it is an account of patriotism and sacrifice. Sam Adams, John Hancock, and James Otis and others are revealed as flawed but courageous patriots whose activities began a revolution.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Boston Tea party was more than a protest over taxes. Nor was it just a prank perpetuated by a few rowdies dressed as Native Americans. On December 16, 1773, as many as 7,000 people congregated around the Old South Meeting House. John Adams did not like mob action, but he wrote this about dumping the tea: "There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity, in this last effort of the patriots that I greatly admire."   Read the rest of this entry »