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Birth
Abigail is born to William and Elizabeth Smith in Weymouth Massachusetts. -
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
Abigail gets married to JOhn Adams, a young lawyer from Braintree. -
Thier life together
Abigail, John, and their children Nabby and John Quincy move from their home in Braintree to Boston. -
Daughter and Son
Abigails second daughter dies at 13 months old and second son is born in the same year. -
The Boston Massacre
5 colonist are killed by British soldiers. John agrees to represent the British soldiers. -
The American Revolution
The first battles of the American Revolution are fought in Lexington and Concord. -
Battle of Bunkerhill
From Braintree, Abigail and her son watch the Battle of Bunker Hill. -
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
Abigail Adams heard the Declaration of Independence read aloud of of a balcony. -
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
Abigail sold imported goods from Europe and China. -
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 Washington was elected presidant along side him, JOhn Adams was elected first vice president of the United States of America. -
Second President
Johm Adams becomes second U.S. president. Abigail Adams then becomes first lady. -
Death
Abigail dies of Typhoid Fever
