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She didn't "become" a patriot, she was born in the colonies, was married to a member of Congress, he was a lawyer, they owned a farm outside of. Boston in Quincy, and she was the mother of 6. She was also a woman who expressed what she thought and pushed for women's rights. In this, she was very modern and American.
She was born in the 1740's and was in her 30's at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. She was born in 'the colonies' but because of the time in history in which she lived she and all other colonials at that time (before 1770's) were British subjects and some were 'patriots' for the cause of liberty from England, others were not. I've heard estimates that only about 1/3 of American colonists were in favor of breaking with England so being born in the colonies did not automatically make a person a 'patriot.'
Abigail was married to a man who was a member of the Continental Congress. I'm not sure she had much of a choice in becoming a 'patriot' because women could not vote nor had many other rights (they were mostly considered property of their husband). Her husband, John Adams, seemed to have sought her advice, as has been reported from the letters between the two of them. She is mostly remembered for trying to get some sort of equal treatment for women through her 'urgings' in letters to him. She made some kind of statement that the new government should treat women better than all previous governments had done. She, as with Martha Washington and most other colonial/patriot wives, stayed at home, cared for the kids, and ran the farm while the business of governing and fighting for independence was done by their husbands. She was not a "Molly Hatchet" actually on the battlefield fighting for independence.
So... I guess just how loosely you decide to define 'patriot' will have something to do with how this question would be answered.
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Who said remember the ladies in 1776 to her Patriot husband?
Abigail Adams to John Adams in her letter of 31 March 1776.
Was Abigail Adams part of the Boston Tea Party?
Abigail Adams was part if the Boston Tea Party because she was spying on the British is a patriot was telling her husband how the British her husband was against the British.
Who tried to influence her husband to include women's right in declaration?
Abigail Adams.
Who wrote letters to your husband and was a sharp observer of the political scene?
Abigail Adams. John adams' wife.
With what did Abigail Adams help John Adams?
Abigail Adams told John how to be a good president and how to be a good dad with Abigail's daughter Sussan. Abigail helped herself by folding clothes and doing what everyone's mom does to be the world's best mom!
What side was Abigail Adams on during the America revolution?
She was a patriot like her husband, John Adams.
Who said remember the ladies in 1776 to her Patriot husband?
Abigail Adams to John Adams in her letter of 31 March 1776.
Is Abigail Adams a patriot or a loyalist?
Patriot. She was ahead of her time by reminding her husband to remember the women when making suggestions for the government of the New World as well.
Was Abigail Adams loyalist or a patriot?
She was a patriot because she believed in her rights very strongly. Jasmine Hassan (:
How did Abigail Adams become famous and why?
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Was Abigail Adams part of the Boston Tea Party?
Abigail Adams was part if the Boston Tea Party because she was spying on the British is a patriot was telling her husband how the British her husband was against the British.
Is Abigail Adams a loyalist or a patriot?
Patriot. She was ahead of her time by reminding her husband to remember the women when making suggestions for the government of the New World as well.
What Woman who encouraged patriot women to boycott English goods?
i think it might have been Abigail Adams
When was Abigail Adams become famous?
Abigail Adams is the wife of john Adams who is the second president of the untied states. Abigail Adams is remembered for the many different letters she wrote to her husband, during the time he was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
What did John Quincy Adams do to become a patriot?
John Quincy was the son of John Adams and was too young to be a patriot. He was with his father in France.
What was Abigail smith probably the first to do?
Abigail Adams was the first women to have a son become president
Why did Abigail Adams Become famous in the Revolotionary war?
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