Chapter 6

Quiz for Document 6-2: Abigail and John Adams, Correspondence (1776)

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Question 1

In response to his wife’s admonition to “remember the ladies,” John Adams writes, “Depend upon it, we know better than to repeal our masculine systems. Although they are in full force, you know they are little more than theory. . . . We are obliged to go fair and softly, and, in practice, you know we are the subjects. We have only the name of masters, and rather than give up this, which would completely subject us to the despotism of the petticoat, I hope General Washington and all our brave heroes would fight.” What do the Adams’s letters suggest about how women exercised power in 1776?

Question 2

When Abigail Adams asserts that women would not be bound by “any laws in which we have no voice or representation,” she is using the arguments for

Question 3

What aspect of North Carolina society, a feature mirrored in document 6-1, does John Adams point to as a potential impediment to the state’s involvement in the armed struggle against Great Britain?