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Samuel Chase

Name: Samuel Chase
Uploaded: 2025-06-26T15:43:30+00:00
Duration: 1 min 12 s
Channel: Your Advisor
Description: Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, recounts leading Maryland's resistance to the Stamp Act and fighting British taxation. He…

26 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, recounts leading Maryland's resistance to the Stamp Act and fighting British taxation. He describes organizing protests across Annapolis and the counties, convincing Maryland to back independence, and later facing trial for his outspoken views as a judge.

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I am Samuel Chase, signer of the Declaration, voice of the people and, some said, fiery orator of Maryland. The British taxed us without our say. I saw firsthand how Parliament twisted power into profit. Corruption had become the art of British rule. I no longer held the least hope in their wisdom or virtue. I declared our only reliance must be on God and ourselves. So I led protests in Annapolis, rallied tradesmen and farmers, and saw to it that no paper was sold under that cursed Stamp Act. When the call for independence came, Maryland hesitated. I rode to every county, stirred the hearts of men, and returned with full authority to cast our boat for Libert. I signed the Declaration and years later stood trial myself for speaking too boldly as a judge. But I never bowed, and I never will. Let that be your inheritance.