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  Index

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  Adams, Abigail, 170

  Adams, Elizabeth “Betsy,” 227, 256

  Adams, John, xiv, 260, 263

  Boston Massacre trial and, 165–73, 174, 175, 279n

  on Boston Tea Party, 211, 212

  disagreements with Samuel Adams, 173

  elected to Boston Meeting, 169–70

  as “Father o
f the American Revolution,” 260

  on funeral for boy Seider, 154

  repeal of the Stamp Act commemoration, 135

  on Samuel Adams, 134

  vote for Suffolk Resolves, 230

  Adams, Randolph, 175

  Adams, Samuel, xv, 35

  appearance of, 227–28

  articles as “Vindex,” 174

  Articles of Confederation and, 259

  background and occupations, 226–27

  Benjamin Rush on, 134

  Bill of Rights and, 259

  Boston Massacre trial and, 165–66, 172, 174

  Boston Tea Party and, 202–12, 213

  Boston Town Assembly continued by (1774), 235

  as brewer, 226, 269

  burial of, 263

  burning of the Gaspée and, 190–91

  as clerk, Massachusetts Assembly, 116, 126

  Committees of Correspondence resurrected and (1772), 191

  Continental Congress called for, 192, 223–24

  Continental Congress of 1774 and, 226, 227, 229–30

  contributions of, 258–60

  convenes Massachusetts Assembly illegally (June 1774), 224–25

  education of, 226

  as “Father of his Country,” 260

  finances of, 227

  first news service started by, 135–37

  Gage’s bribe attempt, 228

  Gage’s secret arrest order for, 237–38, 243, 245–49

  as governor, 259–60

  Hancock rift with, 259

  Hutchinson’s letters and, 195

  Hutchinson’s proclamation and, 206

  independence desired, 134, 191–92

  Intolerable Acts decried, 220–21, 223–24

  “Journal of the Times” by, 136–37

  killing of young Seider protested, 154

  letters to Richard Henry Lee, 223, 235

  loyalty to Britain and, 124, 192–93

  as “Man of the Revolution,” 258

  militancy of, 130

  nonimportation agreements promoted by, 123, 148–49, 150, 152, 163

  Otis as Sons coleader, 116, 130, 131, 132, 148–49, 150

  Otis’s rift with, 125–26, 132

  Otis’s wounding and, 150

  passion for the cause, 135, 136

  petition for withdrawal of troops, 161