Samuel Adams was also a major leader and activist in the American Revolution, led protest against the Stamp Act and founder of the Sons of Liberty. ... Adams retired from congress, but it was to receive from his native state, additional proofs of her high estimation of his services, and of the confidence which she reposed in his talents and integrity He had already been an active member of the convention that formed her constitution, and after it went into effect, he was placed in the senate of the state, and for several years presided over that body. ...

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Disease and armed conquest had ravaged the native people of the New World. ... Laws of primogeniture stated that only the eldest sons were eligible to inherit landed estates. Younger sons had to seek fortunes elsewhere; helped form joint-stock companies (forerunner of modern day corporations), which enabled a group of investors to pool their capital. 3. ... Virginia company's charter guaranteed overseas settlers the same rights as native Englishmen. ... Other Native Americans were forced out of their ancestral lands. ...

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