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Who wrote a letter to his wife Abigail describing the first public reading of Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
What did Abigail Adams ask her husband John to include in the Declaration of Independence?
She didn’t ask him to include anything in the Declaration, but it was the constitution. The Declaration was an open letter to the king telling him the colonies grievances and declaring independence. She asked him to consider women’s rights while working on the constitution. She was an early feminist, but it was to no avail because women in the 1700’s had no rights for anything in government or society.
Who started Independence Day?
Independence Day has been celebrated by the American people since July 4, 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain and the Crown. No one individual started it, although John Adams had written in a letter to his wife Abigail that it would become the most celebrated day in American history.
What two groups had no rights under the declaration?
i think Abigail Adams, wife of delegate John Adams, are two groups had no rights under the declaration.
Did mercy Otis warren sign the Declaration of Independence?
No, Mercy Otis warren did not sign the Declaration of Independence . However, she and her patriotic husband, General James Warren, had long urged their patriotic ally and friend John Adams to convince mmebers of the Continental Congress to have a Declaration prepared and signed. When a copy of the Declaration finally arrived in Boston in July 1776,, the Warrens and their friend Abigail Adams were recovering from illnesses related to recent smallpox inoculations. Nancy Rubin Stuart, Author, "The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation "( Beacon Press, 2008, 2009).
