The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Evaluate how Schiff illustrates Samuel Adams’s strategies for influencing public opinion and mobilizing colonial resistance. Using textual evidence, discuss specific rhetorical techniques that Adams used, as described by Schiff, and analyze how Schiff’s literary style and the book’s structure highlight those techniques.

Critically assess how Schiff integrates primary historical documents, such as letters and contemporary accounts, into the text. Does this integration enhance the authenticity and depth of her portrayal of the political climate of the time, and, if so, how?

Trace the development of Adams’s character, as portrayed in the text, from a local political figure to a national leader in the Revolution. Using textual evidence, discuss how Schiff uses specific incidents and personal relationships to illustrate his growth and changes over time.