Question.407 - Consider the follow questions related to the Adams letters and answer two of them in your initial post. How does Abigail Adams incorporate revolutionary rhetoric into her letters? What does this suggest about her?? How does John respond to Abigail? What does this tell us about his assumptions regarding women, marriage, and equality?? Does John Adams believe women should vote? Why or why not? How is this related to his ideas about class, race, and politics?? What can Abigail Adams letters to John and to Mercy Otis Warren tell us about they ways women related to their husbands versus how they related to one another?? Were Abigails requests of her husband radical? Why or why not?? Bringing in context from at least one other reading, also answer one of the following questions:? How was the meaning of the Revolution different for women than for men?? Why would women support the Revolution even if it meant no change to their own political rights or status?? How did questions of loyalty and independence differ for women based on race, class,and geographical location?? Was the American Revolution a revolution for women? How did free versus enslaved status and settler versus indigenous identity matter in answering these questions?
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