The Independent Advertiser

The Independent Advertiser was an American patriot publication, founded in 1748 in Boston by the then 26-year-old Samuel Adams, advocating republicanism, liberty and independence from Great Britain.^[1] Published by Gamaliel Rogers and Daniel Fowle, the Advertiser consisted primarily of essays written by a group of "gentlemen"^[2] on topics of contemporary New England politics.^[2]

References

↑ Chris Beneke (2008). "The Critical Turn: Jonathan Mayhew, the British Empire, and the Idea of Resistance in Mid- Eighteenth-Century Boston". Massachusetts Historical Review 10.
1 2 Joseph Tinker Buckingham (1852). Specimens of newspaper literature: with personal memoirs, anecdotes, and reminiscences, Volume 1. Redding and Co.

Samuel Adams

4th Governor of Massachusetts, 1794—1797 Second Continental Congress, 1775—1781 First Continental Congress, 1774 Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1766—1774

United States founding events	The Independent Advertiser Boston Caucus 1764 Sugar Act response protests 1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter Probable author, 1768–1769 "Journal of Occurrences" Arranged Christopher Seider funeral, 1770 Co-author, 1772 Boston Pamphlet Boston Committee of Correspondence, 1772 Hutchinson Letters Affair Co-inspired and publicized, Boston Tea Party Signed, 1774 Continental Association Massachusetts Provincial Congress Signed, United States Declaration of Independence Signed, Articles of Confederation 1788 Massachusetts Compromise

Life	Early life Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University Sons of Liberty 1789 U.S. House election 1796 presidential election Samuel Adams and Paul Revere time capsule Granary Burying Ground

Related	American republicanism Boston Gazette American Revolution patriots Founding Father Faneuil Hall Old South Meeting House

Legacy	Samuel Adams statue, Boston Statue in National Statuary Hall Adams, Massachusetts Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries) Samuel Adams beer

Family	John Adams (second cousin)

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