Tim Barton

His dad wants him to be a lawyer.

Mom wants him to go into business.

His dad gives him a loan because he decides Sam is going to go into business.

And Sam fails, lost all that money.

The dad dies, leaves Sam's business.

Sam runs a business in the ground.

They go bankrupt.

Sam has to find another job, becomes a tax collector, which is super funny to think about.

Sam gets fired from being a tax collector because he refused to take in all the taxes that were demanded because he would go to people's houses and he's like, wait, you owe how much?

That's crazy.

Give me like half of that.

And so-

Literally, Boston is going in debt because Sam Adams is not collecting enough taxes.

But I say this because as you get to the Stamp Act tax, Sam doesn't even really look for another job.

He's so fired up for the Patriot cause, so he spends all of his time trying to rally other Americans.

And by the time the Continental Congress comes around, Sam's been doing this for more than a decade,

And his people say, that's the guy we want to represent us.

He understands this the best.

He's been writing all these essays, making these speeches.

He formed, he started the Sons of Liberty.