John Adams and Abigail Adams wrote more than 1,100 lette
to one another from 1762 through 1801. The letters include
John's thoughts while serving in various diplomatic roles, as well
as Abigail's updates about their family, farm, and news of the
Revolution's impact on the Boston area. The following are two of
the letters sent between the Adams's during John's participation
in the Continental Congress
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excerpt adapted from Letter from Abigail Adams to John
Adams, 31 March-5 April 1776
I long to hear that you have declared an independency
-and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I
suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you
would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and
favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such
unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If
particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we
are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold
ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice,
or Representation.
That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so
thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute, but such
of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title
of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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Which two concepts do both of these letters address?
the idea that women, children, and apprentices are all becoming rebellious
the claim that in reality, women dominate men
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the idea of women organizing a rebellion
commercial laws governing trade between the states
a code of laws that limits the power men have over women
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