pecially Sam Adams, were radical thinkers for the era. Bailyn (1967, p. 34) suggests that there were, all throughout the years leading to the Declaration of Independence and the subsequent war with Britain, many in the colonies who were truly ôradical and revolutionaryö in their thinking. Sam Adams stands out among this group. Adams represented that New England tradition of independence that a Southern Richard Henry Lee initially rejected. It was only after it became apparent that the Crown would not permit any loosening of its grip on the colonies (and the wealth and resources of the colonials) that a radicalizing influence began to shape the ideas of men such as Jefferson, Lee and John Adams.
Aside from ideology, traditions, and the move toward increasing commerce and self-governance, Great BritainÆs unquenchable thirst for revenues derived from taxation of the colonies did not abate. The Stamp Act of 1765 is called a ôpower grab by King George III, whereby various publications and legal for
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