| Timeline |
| 1722 |
Born 27 October in Boston, MA |
| 1740 |
Graduates Harvard College |
| 1743 |
Graduates from Harvard College with a Master of Arts degree in |
| 1764 |
Business fails, enters politics full-time |
| 1765 |
Elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives; member of the Massachusetts general court |
| 1767 |
Organises opposition to the Townshend Acts |
| 1768 |
Involved in the formation of the Non-Importation Association; drafts the Massachusetts Circular Letter |
| 1772 |
Devises Committees of Correspondence |
| 1773 |
Helps organise the Boston Tea Party |
| 1774 |
Serves in first Continental Congress; proponent of the Suffolk Resolves |
| 1775 |
Serves in second Continental Congress |
| 1776 |
Signs Declaration of Independence; organises the revolutionary Sons of Liberty in Mass. |
| 1779 |
Member of the Massachusetts state constitutional convention |
| 1781 |
President of the Massachusetts state senate |
| 1788 |
Serves in the Massachusetts state constitutional convention |
| 1789 |
Serves as Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor |
| 1793 |
John Hancock dies, Adams becomes Governor of Massachusetts
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| 1794 |
Re-elected Governor of Massachusetts
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| 1803 |
Samuel Adams dies 2 October in Boston |
