Abigail Adams uses the ideas of the patriots to support her cause by claiming that women have the right to rebel if they do not have a voice in government. In her famous plea, she draws parallels between the fight for independence from British tyranny and the need for women's rights and representation. She emphasizes that just as the patriots demanded freedom from oppressive laws imposed by Britain, women should also be entitled to a fair and just legal system that includes their voices and rights. By aligning women's struggle for equality with the broader revolutionary ideals of liberty and representation, she effectively argues that the principles guiding the fight against British rule should also extend to the rights of women.
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. . . . If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment [incite; instigate] a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation. . . . Question Use the excerpt to answer the question. How does Abigail Adams use the ideas of the patriots to support her cause? (1 point) Responses by comparing the existing British laws with the laws that the patriots feel need to be established by comparing the existing British laws with the laws that the patriots feel need to be established by insisting that history has always been unfair to women by insisting that history has always been unfair to women by claiming that women have the right to rebel if they do not have a voice in government by claiming that women have the right to rebel if they do not have a voice in government by declaring women to be independent from and having the same rights as men
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Yes, I am confident in that interpretation. Abigail Adams's plea to "Remember the Ladies" strongly emphasizes that if women are not granted representation and rights in the new laws being established, they would feel justified in rebelling against those laws, much like the patriots were rebelling against British rule. This argument leverages the revolutionary ideals of rights, representation, and resistance to unjust governance to highlight the lack of equality for women. Thus, her assertion that men should be more "generous and favorable" toward women is a call for inclusion in the very principles that the patriots are fighting for, framing women's rights as a parallel issue to the struggle for American independence.
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