Samuel Adams

Our American Revolution Journey has begun! We discussed how American began as "The Thirteen Colonies" which were all ruled by King George III (who we will read more about soon).

Our main focus was on Samuel Adams. We read about how he was very reluctant to learn to ride a horse. He like to walk and talk to people. He felt you really could not meet as many people when on a horse.

He finally learned when his cousin, John Adams, convinced him that true statesmen needed to ride a horse to looks stately on a statue.

We also learned he was behind many of the mischievous happenings in Boston, such as the famous Boston Tea Party. He believe strongly that American should be independent of Britain well before the people living in America were ready to feel that way. So he did a lot of talking about why independence would be important.