...any laws in which we have no voice or representation." Mr. Adams answers her appeal with a jest: " As to your extraordinary code of laws, I cannot but...government everywhere, that children and apprentices are disobedient, that schools and colleges are grown turbulent, that Indians slighted their guardians,...

...ANGIE. And husband John Adams answered in good humor. BIANCA. (Lowers her voice a bit) And my dear wife: as to your extraordinary code of laws, I cannot but laugh. We have been told — JEANEAN. (Cross -blending) We have been told that our struggle has loosened the bonds of government...

...Being make use of that power only for our happiness. John Adams to Abigail Adams— April 14, 1776 As to your extraordinary Code of Laws, I cannot but...have been told that our Struggle has loosened the bands of Government every where. That Children and Apprentices were disobedient— that schools and...

...any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation. Abigail Adams to John Adams (March 31, 1776) As to your extraordinary Code of laws, I cannot but...have been told that our Struggle has loosened the bands of Government every where. That children and Apprentices were disobedient — that schools and...

...the Senate would be given more power than the House in the government. John Adams, who once stated, "We have been told that our struggle has loosened...Indians slighted their guardians, and negroes grew more insolent to their masters," was the supreme advocate of checks and balances. Although he was not...

...dominance that lay behind the need for such rigid male authority within the family as Abigail deplored : "As to your extraordinary Code of Laws, I cannot but...have been told that our Struggle has loosened the bands of Government every where. That Children and Apprentices were disobedient — that schools and...

...rejected her advice, he wrote back noting that the revolution was disrupting all forms of authority: We have been told that our struggle has loosened the...government everywhere; that children and apprentices are disobedient: that schools and colleges were grown turbulent; that Indians slighted their guardians,...

...of dependents within family and republic. He pointed, half in jest, to universal demands for rights: "We have been told that our Struggle has loosened the bonds of Government everywhere," he wrote. "Children and Apprentices were disobedient," and "Indians slighted their Guardians and Negroes...

...only for our happiness. [Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31, 1776] John to Abigail ... As to your extraordinary code of laws, I cannot but...have been told that our struggle has loosened the bands of government everywhere. . . . Depend upon it, we know better than to repeal our masculine systems....

...have no voice, or Representation. (Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams, March 31, 1776) Document C As to your extraordinary Code of Laws, I cannot but...have been told that our Struggle has loosened the bands of Government every where. That Children and Apprentices were disobedient—that schools and...