USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hello I am the wife of the 2nd POTUS, and I fought for women’s rights. I sent letters to my husband that started, “Remember the Ladies!”
A
Phyllis Wheatley
B
Martha Washington
C
Abigail Adams
D
Marquis de Lafayette
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the other members of the Continental Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for America’s independence from Great Britain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abigail Adams wrote her most celebrated letter in the spring of 1776 to husband John, then attending the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. In this letter, Abigail urges John to “Remember the ladies” and protect women’s rights in the new American government.

Detailed explanation-3: -The American Revolution invited a reconsideration of all social inequalitie s. Abigail Adams, in this letter to her husband John Adams, asked her husband to “remember the ladies” in any new laws he may create. In his reply, John Adams treated this sentiment as a joke, demonstrating the limits of revolutionary liberty.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abigail Adams wrote these words to her husband, John Adams, on March 31, 1776, nearly 150 years before the House of Representatives voted to pass the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

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