Samuel Adams' Reaction
to the Intolerable Acts

Samuel Adams, the leader of the Sons of Liberty, responded to the Intolerable Acts differently than most of the Bostonians. He reacted more calmly and planned out an efficient way to help the colonists regain their control over themselves.
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"The people receive this cruel edict with abhorrence and indignation. They consider themselves as suffering the stroke ministerial...I hope they will sustain the blow with a becoming fortitude, and that the cursed design of intimidating and subduing the spirits of all America, will, by the joint efforts of all, be frustrated" (ushistory.org).
--Samuel Adams

Call for a Boycott

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The Solemn League and Covenant
  • Adams called to withhold imports from Britain
  • Solemn League and Covenant made, which would cut off all commerce with Britain
  • Plan did not pass because of some other colonies' reactions

Congress

  • Adams got House of Representatives to meet
  • Discussed resolves to the Intolerable Acts
  • Elected delegates for the first Continental Congress
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The House of Reps. in Salem, Massachusetts
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