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. She draws a parallel between the American colonies' desire for independence from British rule and women's desire for representation and rights within their own society.
. . . 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. . . .
—Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams
How does Abigail Adams use the ideas of the patriots to support her cause?
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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 insisting that history has always been unfair to women
by insisting that history has always been unfair to women
by declaring women to be independent from and having the same rights as men
by declaring women to be independent from and having the same rights as men
by comparing the existing British laws with the laws that the patriots feel need to be established
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