... William Smith, and her mother was Elizabeth Quincy Smith. Abigail was the second of four other children. Growing up, many young girls were not allowed to be educated formally so she lacked education. However, growing up, she was encouraged to read avidly. When she was twenty years old, she was married to John Adams, ... we are determined to form a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation." Over the years, John and Abigail have said many important things which I believe not many people have heard, so I have selected a few of wha...

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... United States, then that person was John Quincy Adams. He came from the town of Braintree, Massachusetts, which his ancestors had settled, and generations of Adams would come to prosper. His father, John Adams, studied law at Harvard College, and married Abigail Smith in 1765. On July 11th, ... 1767, the couple gave birth to their second child, John Quincy Adams. John Quincy grew up with much happening in nearby Boston to interest ... and educate him. Revolution against Great Britain was on the minds of many, including his cousin, Samuel Adams, a leader of this uprising. At the age of e...

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... up. He was a good kid who grew up to help lead the independence of all Americans everywhere. John Adams married Abigail Smith, and together they had five kids; Abigail, Susanna, John Quincy (6th president), Charles, and Thomas. He was one of the men who nominated George Washington as the ... 1st President of the United States of America. If John, along with Samuel Adams (his 2nd cousin), did not get involved in the Revolution, the U.S. might still be a set of colonies. John ... of his education of politics, that proved to be useful in his life as a Founding Father, was taught to him at ...

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... Gregorian calendar. Abigail had two sisters named Mary and Elizabeth or Betsy. She had one brother named William or Billy. Abigail's name was originally Abigail Smith. Each baby was baptized on the first Sabbath of its life and was recorded in their parish records. Abigail live in a comfortable house. When ... father's library was not big, but she still went to it to read books. Abigail's favorite books were novels by Samuel Richardson. Abigail's father knew John Adams by working with him and she grew rather close to him starting a wedding. This now made her name Abigail Adams. Their wedd...

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... Gregorian calendar. Abigail had two sisters named Mary and Elizabeth or Betsy. She had one brother named William or Billy. Abigail's name was originally Abigail Smith. Each baby was baptized on the first Sabbath of its life and was recorded in their parish records. Abigail live in a comfortable house. When ... father's library was not big, but she still went to it to read books. Abigail's favorite books were novels by Samuel Richardson. Abigail's father knew John Adams by working with him and she grew rather close to him starting a wedding. This now made her name Abigail Adams. Their wedd...

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... things and adopt their ideas. Those leaders decided it was a reasonable way to create a better society. During this enlightenment period, the most commonly heard French philosophers were John Locke, Voltaire, Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes, Baron Montesquieu, Denis Diderot, and others. They discarded traditional beliefs and began to use reason to explain the world around them. Hobbes based his theories on ... that people could be reasonable and moral. Voltaire thought freedom of speech was the best weapon against a bad government. A few American leaders such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jeff...

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... . Women of the American Revolution was written about the women who contributed to the American Revolution. Abigail Smith Adams was known as an advocate of women's rights. She was married to John Adams. Abigail was the woman who coined the phrase "Remember the Ladies." As John and Abigail were apart they wrote to each other often. Abigail often expressed her affection her support ... should have the right to own property, sign contracts, manage business, and draft wills. Abigail died at the age of seventy-four. She was able to see her oldest son, John Quincy Adams, become a U.S. congressm...

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