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Abigail Adams

The second First Lady of the United States of America, Abigail Adams (1744 -1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth. She was the first Second Lady of the United States when Martha Custis Washington was the First Lady.

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What did Samuel Adams do during in the revolution?

Samuel Adams was a politician from the colony of Massachusetts, and was a member of the sons of liberty who protested against the king's taxes, and rule of the colonies.

Adams proposed the Declaration of Independence, and Jefferson wrote the 1st draft, which was changed through debate in the continental congress.

One change was altering Life Liberty and property to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, so the slave owners would not try to use it as an excuse, as most of the founders was a member of the growing moving to abolish slavery.

Samuel Adams also drafted the Articles of Confederation, which was the original charter of our government before it was changed from a confederation to a federation of states.

Samuel Adams was one of the 1st to instill the idea of American Republicianism, in which America should be a Republic rather than a Monarchy, as which was popular in Europe.

What did Abigail Adams do during the revolutionary war?

Abigail Adams was the wife of (future) President John Adams.

During the American Revolution, she raised her family and carried on extensive correspondence with her husband, in which she attempted more than once to influence women's rights in what was to be the new government of the US. She also accepted a commission to question women who were suspected of loyalist activities or directly aiding the British.

Did Abigail Adams sign the Declaration of Independence?

If you are referencing Betsy Ross she wasn't involved in any activity and NO woman was allowed to vote or be involved in government. She also did not make the flag. This is a story her grandson made up when she was 80 years old. This is just one of the fables that is thought of as history.

What did John Adams do during in the revolution?

Answer: John Adams was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He also represented Massachusetts in the first and second Continental Congresses.

Why did Samuel Adam throw the tea?

Adams was not directly involved. The Son's of Liberty were organized and supported by two of the biggest smugglers in the colonies. They were Hancock and Hamilton and they were involved in smuggling items into the colonies. One of those was Dutch tea and until the British started tinkering with the price of tea they were doing very well, but the tax on the British tea was LOWERED so this made the price of the Dutch tea HIGHER. So, they arranged to have the boxes of tea thrown into Boston Harbor. This was an economic issue and not a political one and it makes sense when you think about it.

How did Abigail Adams feel about the Revolutionary War?

She felt like that there should be no war. She felt if people wanted to kill someone that it should be theirself, and that they should think about what they are doing.

What were Abigail Adams' fears?

she feared that women would never been seen equal to men. she also feared that African Americans would always be slaves.

Was Molly Pitcher friends with Abigail Adams?

There is no record that they ever met. Molly Pitcher is a name attributed to Mary Ludwig Hays (1754-1832), later Mary McCauley, who lived most of her life in south central Pennsylvania.

Did John Adams get along with Samuel Adams?

There is little to indicate that Samuel Adams hated his cousin. They fought for the same side. Samuel was given to action while John emphasized words and laws. Samuel seems to have had some role in the Boston Tea Party, though that is not clear. Samuel favored attacks on the British authorities long before John endorsed these actions. There was certainly some tension because of their differing methods.

What did abigal Adams mean when she said remember the ladies?

she wanted john Adams to remember that we were all crated equal and that you should think that women are good to.

Why did Abigail Adams become a patriot?

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.

1792 Samuel Adams set what up to help the colonists share news about the british?

well the year cannot be 1792 because that would be after the colonist's declared independence from Britain so there would be no need to share news about them. But he did organize the Sons Of Liberty, a secret society to share news about the british before and during the Revolution. Also the commitees of correspondance which different towns all across the 13 colonies would write letters to one another about British affairs.

Hope this helps!

What was Samuel Adams argument against the patriots?

He wasn't against the patriots, he was a patriot. He argued that Great Britian was unfairly taxing the colonies without their consent. Examples are the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Tonwshend Act.

What was Samuel Adams famous for?

Samuel Adams is famous for the group called the Sons of Liberty, an early patriotic movement that engaged in tax resistance activities such as the Boston Tea Party (1773) and the burning of the revenue cutter HMS Gaspee (1772).