Revolutionary ideals (DBQ)

1. During the 18th century women were starting to stand up of their rights. Abigail Adams says in her letter," In particular and care and attention is not paid to the Ladies were are determined to forment a Rebellion, and we will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation." The men in the society are not really taking the women's rebellion seriously. They considered the women to be a separate group not equal to them like the native americans. John Adams in response to Abigail's letter says, " Indians slighted their guardians and Negros grew insolent to their masters. But your letter was the first intimation that another tribe. " He says that men will not give up their power because doing that would subject them "to the despotism of the petticoat" (Doc 1)

2. Revolution ideas say that " all men a born free and equal-- and that every subject is entitled to liberty, and to have ait quarded by the laws, as well as life and property." (Doc3) The new ideas of Americans is that all people have a certain natural rights. Quock Walker Case says in Doc 3 having slaves goes against the ideas of the constituion and american society. Regardless of race people of America believe in that all mankind have natural rights and the right to desire liberty(doc3). so, that means that african americans are also entitled to these rights. Even though some like Quock Walker Case believed that slaves should completely be free other such as Thomas Jefferson has other ideas. He says," by emancipating the afterborn, leaving them on due compensation, with their mothers, until their services are worth their maintenance, and then putting them to industrious occupations, until a proper age for deportation...." Just as people were beginning to think Africans were entitled to freedom and equal rights, women were starting to think the same. Abigail Adams was one of the many who believed that women should be treated the same as the men. In a letter to her husband she says, "Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands." "Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could." (Doc 1) She relates the power of men to the power of government. She says that just like a president can become a tyrant, a man can become a tyrant. She states the same reasons for wanting equality that the population of the 13 colonies states when declaring their independence from Britian.