Abigail Adams

  • Birth

    Birth

    Abigail is born to William and Elizabeth Smith in Weymouth Massachusetts.
  • When she was young..

    When she was young..

    Abigail, just like others, didnt have an amazing education. Because of her fathers librabry, she read the BIble and other books for her education.
  • Marrraige

    Marrraige

    Abigail gets married to JOhn Adams, a young lawyer from Braintree.
  • Thier life together

    Thier life together

    Abigail, John, and their children Nabby and John Quincy move from their home in Braintree to Boston.
  • Daughter and Son

    Daughter and Son

    Abigails second daughter dies at 13 months old and second son is born in the same year.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    5 colonist are killed by British soldiers. John agrees to represent the British soldiers.
  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

    The first battles of the American Revolution are fought in Lexington and Concord.
  • Battle of Bunkerhill

    Battle of Bunkerhill

    From Braintree, Abigail and her son watch the Battle of Bunker Hill.
  • Remeber the Ladies

    Remeber the Ladies

    In1776, Abigail Adams wrote this letter to husband John, who was serving as the Mass. rep to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
    "Remember the ladies, and be more genorous and favorable to them than your ansestors, Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands, Remember all man woulod be tyrants if they could. If particular care attension is not paid the ladies we are determined to forment a rebelion and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice"
  • Declaration of INdependence

    Declaration of INdependence

    Abigail Adams heard the Declaration of Independence read aloud of of a balcony.
  • A trip to Europe

    A trip to Europe

    John, along with John Quincy and Charles, go to Paris to negotiate a Peace Treaty with Great Britain.
  • Selling imported goods

    Selling imported goods

    Abigail sold imported goods from Europe and China.
  • Shes motivated

    Shes motivated

    Abigail went along with John Adams to Paris and Great Britain and while she was there, she learned and observed.
  • George and John

    George and John

    George Washington was elected presidant along side him, JOhn Adams was elected first vice president of the United States of America.
  • Second President

    Second President

    Johm Adams becomes second U.S. president. Abigail Adams then becomes first lady.
  • Death

    Death

    Abigail dies of Typhoid Fever