Plausibly Live! - The Official Podcast Of The Dave Bowman Show

Among the founders of the nation stand many from Boston. For all the firebrands, the one who seemed more determined than any other to win American liberty was Sam Adams. No... he was not a brewer. Yes, he did make malt - one of the main ingredients in beer, but he left the brewing to those who would honor his name later as they created their beverage in Boston. Sam Adams was a skilled speaker and publicist. He used the newspapers and broadsides of the day to enflame passions and encourage action against British taxes. even the last royal Governor of Massachusetts would later say that no other man was as effective in promoting the American position against the Crown. Later he would serve as a representative in the Continental Congress, where he would sign the Declaration of Independence. After the war, he would serve as Governor of Massachusetts, but things did not go so well for the old firebrand. Ultimately events would lead to the Philadelphia Convention, of which Sam Adams wanted no part. "I smell a rat