Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

Abigail Adams WITNESS TO A REVOLUTION Abigail Adams, Witness to a Revolution, was one of the greatest writers of her age. She passionately campaigned for womens fostering, denounced sex discrimination, and matched intelligence not solo with her save, John, but also with Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. She wrote more than two thousand garner close her legacy that her family members saved, recognizing their importance and ignoring her plea to burn them. Abigails earn are her biography and it is through them that we understand her unique character, sense of humor, mugwump spirit, and her English language.It is through her writing that opens a window to our nations history and brings Abigail Adams and her time to life. On November 11, 1744, Abigail Adams was born Abigail Smith. She lived in a weensy town of Weymouth, Massachusetts and lived with her two parents William and Elizabeth Quincy Smith. She had two sisters and one brother, Mary, Elizabeth, and William. When Abig ail was a smallish girl she always asked her mother if she could go to school. Her mother said no so her grandmother taught her to rede and write at home.Abigail loved to read declares from her fathers library and listened in on her fathers meetings. She loved books and politics and was a in truth clever and talented girl. As a teenager, Abigail had some friends that she wrote letters to. She was always very self-conscious and hard put intimately her spelling and punctuation since she didnt have a straitlaced education. One of Abigails many friends who wrote letters to her was John Adams. When Abigail was nineteen eld old she married John Adams on October 25, 1764.John Adams was a lawyer in the Smith family home of Weymouth, Massachusetts and was married by Abigails father, grand Smith. As a married couple they moved to Braintree and lived in a digest that John inherited from his father. John was a very reasoning(a) man who wanted to become a eliciter as a boy, but his f ather discouraged it and sent him away to school. John got his education from Harvard College and this is where he became a lawyer. John and Abigail had five children together. Their set-back daughter, Abigail nicknamed Nabby, who was born on July 19, 1765.Their second child was John who was born on July 17, 1767. Susan was born declination 28, 1768, but passed away a year later. Their son Charles was born whitethorn 29, 1770 and on September 15, 1770 their son Thomas was born. In 1767, the Adams family was living in Braintree Mass. When the British started requiring taxes on American documents, John knew he wanted to champion the colonies and became a well- cognize spokesman. He was away from home a smokestack so in 1768, Abigail moved her family to Boston. After the Boston Tea party event they moved their family back to Braintree.While John was away traveling it was up to Abigail to raise her first daughter Nabby, on with managing the farm and family money. She also taught a black slave how to read and write. When John was away she was often very lonely and writing letters made her feel better along with the birth of her second child John. John and Abigail had a very neat marriage and relationship. She was very intrigued with politics and books and would often ask John what was exit on in the world, which was very unusual for women to do so. They often talked about womens rights.When John was away Abigail would write to him reminding him of the women. Meaning that he should imply womens rights in the continental congress. In 1770 the Boston Massacre happened where the get up bells were ringing. Abigail rushed home afraid her house may be on fire but were relieved to find out they were safe. The bells sounding the town meant trouble. Some teenage boys were throwing rocks and snow at British soldier, which lead to the soldiers shot five people dead, and six were very injured. This even was known as the Boston Massacre.In 1775 the battle of Concord a nd Lexington marked the beginning of the subversive War. many a(prenominal) people fled Boston for fear of attacks. Abigail invited them in for food and shelter and wrote, The house is in state of confusion. When Johnny was eight years old, Abigail took her son to suck up a battle on Breeds Hill in Boston on June 17th, 1775. After seeing the terrible battle of sand trap Hill she wrote to her hubby who showed her letters to George Washington and other leaders about the peoples suffering. In August 1776 the Declaration of Independence was written.Abigail became the first First peeress to ever live in the White hearth when John was elected Presidents over the United States. As first Lady she spoke out in favor of the womens rights. Abigail Adams in an deterrent example of a life lived by women in colonial, Revolutionary. While she is best known as an early First Lady and the role she took for womens rights in letters to her husband she is also known as a farm manager and finan cial manager. Abigail passed away on October 28, 1818 of typhoid fever. She is buried beside her husband in Quincy, Massachusetts.She was seventy-three when she died and her last words were, Do not grieve, my friend, my beloved friend. I am ready to go. And John, it will not be long. Abigail Adams The married woman of the second president and the mother of five children, Abigail Adams was an extraordinary women. She experienced the Revolutionary War and saw the battle of Bunker Hill from a brow near her home. The letters written by Abigail Adams to her friends and family bring the Revolutionary accomplishment alive, with every day life changing events of her time.She is given her own score in history in this award winning biography that she be and more. Natalie S. Bober wrote Abigail Adams, Witness to a Revolution because writing biographies did not only mesmerise her, but her goal was to make Abigail Adams heard by everyone. She wanted us readers to know how much of a role s he played in viscous up for womens rights, being a good wife to her husband by caring for her family period he was away, and the decisions she had to make as a strong self-employed person woman that changed the Revolutionary period and made her who she is today.I acquiret think the author took any sides or had any arguments while reading this book. Natalie Bober took a lot of time to research and search many old documents to put together this award winning biography. Reading this book I would recommend it to any strong independent women to reinsure us that there are great role models for us women to look up to. I only hope to be as courageous, intelligent and independent as Abigail Adams some day.