Thank you. The last day of march 1776 three months before america broke free from britain ab gal adams told her husband, i hope you have declared an independency. John adams let me look for my slide. Here we are. Better get these going. There we are. John adams was then serving in the Second Continental Congress in ffl, urging congress to do just that. Abigail, at the familys house in braintree, massachusetts, fully concurred. Her letter went to denounce Unlimited Power and legislation without representation and to predict a rebellion. The latter part of the letter did not refer to the colonies but to women. The new nations law code abigail advised, ought to remember the ladies. John responded two weeks later that women already had power in practice. Aabigail completed the discussion of the topic three weeks later. Although john was not being very generous, she concluded, women could still defeat mens absolute power. The exchange between abigail and john has long attracted attention, b
Stay close, if you throw it, it will go farther away. It is completely autonomous. Next the communicators, monday at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. Up next on American History tv, university of virginia history professors gary gail ger and peter onuf discuss Thomas Jeffersons views on federalism and the union of the states. They debate jeffersons provocative belief in the separation of races. President lincolns preservation of the union during the civil war and how jefferson would view todays federal government. This session from the Miller Center at the university of virginia is about two hours. Anyone who hopes to understand the 19th century in the United States has to come to terms with the importance of union. As a deeply important concept and highly charged word in the political vocabulary. It is a word thats gone from our political vocabulary now. It literally means flog to most americans now. The word union. If it isnt associated with labor. Union in a sense was so important during the
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] french nation for information on our schedule up next on American History tv, university of virginia history professors gary gail ger and peter onuf discuss Thomas Jeffersons views on federalism and the union of the states. They debate jeffersons provocative belief in the separation of races. President lincolns preservation of the union during the civil war and how jefferson would view todays federal government. This session from the Miller Center at the university of virginia is about two hours. Anyone who hopes to understand the 19th century in the United States has to come to terms with the importance of union. As a deeply important concept and highly charged word in the political vocabulary. It is a word thats gone from our political vocabulary now. It literally means flog to most americans now. The word union. If it isnt associated with labor. U