Based upon the merciless rule of England and its unjust treatment of the 13 colonies, to imprison America’s founders is not only groundless, but unlawful. The men being held captive, George Washington, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Hancock; are American, therefore free from punishment of crimes that occurred on American soil. The charges against these revolutionists are without proper evidence and support. It is a travesty in the name of justice to misinterpret the intensions of these men without first acknowledging the possibility of their innocence in collaboration with the causes and events leading up to the initial incarceration. This was not a revolution of desperate lower class minorities with nothing to lose. The people behind the revolution were wealthy, educated, opinionated politicians; all of whom, in agreement of the fact that there was no other option rather than to risk everything for the freedom they rightfully deserved. George …show more content…
Born in Massachusetts, he graduated Harvard College and became largely involved in politics and anti-British movements. A strong opponent of British taxation on the colonies, Adam was involved in the organization of resistance against the stamp act of 1765. He also played a crucial role in the Boston tea party after the tea act was set in 1773, along with several other political efforts to infringe on the freedom of the colonies in America. He was a legislator in his home state of Massachusetts from 1765 to 1774. As founder of Boston’s Committee of Correspondence, he made it easier for states to coordinated and communicate during the revolutionary war. After his terms as legislator, Adams went on to be a Massachusetts delegate to the Continental congress until 1781. Samuel Adams bravely signed the declaration of independence. His final role as a politician was as the governor of Massachusetts from 1794 through