Samuel Adams, American revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and statesman, dies at the age of 81 in 1803.
Samuel Adams, an American Founding Father, participated in the Boston Tea Party and signed the Declaration of Independence. When official American political parties were established in the 1790s, Adams became a Democratic-Republican (following Thomas Jefferson). His final political position was as governor of Massachusetts from 1794 to 1797. On October 2, 1803, Adams died in his hometown of Boston.
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