The Following Is an Excerpt from a Letter Written by Abigail

question 36

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The following is an excerpt from a letter written by Abigail Adams to her husband John Adams (Evaluating the Evidence 19.1) . The letter was written in March 1776 while John Adams was serving in the Continental Congress. "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 in 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."
Why did Abigail Adams believe that it was important for her husband to "Remember the Ladies"?

• A)Because women had played such an important role in the independence movement
• B)Because that was the polite thing to do
• C)To avoid creating a tyranny of men over women
• D)To avoid undermining the gains of the independence movement up to that point

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