Colonial Cobblestones

October 24, 1772

    Today was a harder day for the tavern. There were many people at the pub. There was a fight, the biggest fight I have seen in a long time. I feel like no one listens to the colonists. We are going to have to do something about it. Today was a very bad day, there was water from the rain leaking through the roof that we keep forgetting to repair. Some day we will get to it.
    William.P. Waltz is my best friend. He’s been through everything with me. I have a feeling that we are going to be friends for life. When I got home from work today I was pretty excited! My wife had made a huge dinner and I was very hungry because I had not eaten all day because the tavern was very busy. Now all I have to do is think about the plans for tomorrow, plans for the possible rebellion.
    Yesterday I had a weird dream. It was about 25 years ago when I was at Harvard. 1736. Sometimes I think about how much I have accomplished. I am many things, a political leader, The Governor of Massachusetts, a brewer, and a publisher. It does not seem like a hard job but believe me it is.

November 25, 1773

    Today we started our protest. We protested all day. I am so tired of having to pay so many taxes for everything, and now they go and tax us for something that we have pretty much lived on. Enough is enough. This will be over soon enough. My wife and I were very upset when we heard what was happening. That they were taxing us on our tea which we drink every morning. I got the plan all plotted out. We are going to dump all of the tea off of the ship to show them that we are serious. The tax collectors have come way too far. They have been taxing us on everything that we do. We have gathered up a gang of men to dress like Indians and sail a ship to dump the tea. It is pretty much saying, “Take the taxes away, or you will not get any money at all including the people even paying for it.”

December 17, 1776
    Today I went to work at the tavern. After work we went down to the shipyard to see if there was any commotion about what went on last night. There were soldiers everywhere, everyone was outraged. It was HUGE! I was nervous because I thought that someone would betray us but no one did. The Indian Tea Company was very upset with what happened. They were very mad at all of the colonists because they lost money because of our rebellion. So today was a pretty good day. Well, I think it was anyway.

August 1, 1776

    Sometimes throughout our meetings and planning, I questoned the trustworthiness of my peers. But at this point I do not because I have gained trust in my fellow countrymen. I have been about signing the Declaration of Independence. It is very scary, but it feels really good falling to sleep at night knowing that you are building a new nation.

Epilogue
Samuel Adams became known as one of the leaders of what was is now called the Boston Tea Party. Even though his business nearly went into the ground, he is now known as one of the most famous beer brewers in .

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