THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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More weapons
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Equal rights for women in government
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A larger army
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Spies
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -She reminded her husband to “Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.” “Remember the ladies” was the boldest and most “revolutionary” statement made in that revolutionary era to petition for the rights of women as human beings. It has become Abigail’s signature statement.
Detailed explanation-3: —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 favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
Detailed explanation-4: -Abigail Adams is probably best remembered for urging her husband, John Adams, to “Remember the Ladies.” At a time when John was working on the Declaration of Independence, Abigail specifically lobbied her husband to, "be more generous and favorable to [the Ladies] than your ancestors.
Detailed explanation-5: -Abigail often shared her views with John on political matters. She famously requested that the framers of the Constitution “remember the ladies, ” telling her husband that “all men would be tyrants if they could.” She also told John that she believed there was a need for the Alien and Sedition Acts.