Question

john adams and abigail adams wrote more than 1,100 letters to one another between 1762 and 1801. below are two of the letters sent between the adamses during johns participation in the continental congress. passage 1 adapted excerpt from letter from abigail adams to john adams, 11 march - 5 april 1776 i long to hear that you have declared an independence - and by the way in the new code of laws which i suppose it will be necessary for you to make, i desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. remember all men would be tyrants if they could. if particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation. that your sex are naturally tyrannical is a truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute: but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of master for the more tender and endearing one of friend. passage 2 adapted excerpt from letter from john adams to abigail adams, 14 april 1776 as to declarations of independence, be patient. read our privateering laws, and our commercial laws. what signifies a word. as to your extraordinary code of laws, i cannot but laugh. we have been told that our struggle has loosened the bands of government everywhere. that children and apprentices were disobedient - that schools and colleges were grown turbulent - but your letter was the first intimation that another tribe more numerous and powerful than all the rest were grown discontented. this is rather too coarse a compliment but you are so saucy, i wont blot it out. depend on it. we know better than to repeal our masculine systems. although they are in full force, you know they are little more than theory. we are not exert our power in its full latitude. we are obliged to go far, and softly, and in practice you know we are the subjects. i begin to think the ministry as deep as they are wicked. after stirring up others at last they have stimulated thee to demand new privileges and threaten to rebel. 3 select the correct answer from the drop - down menus. read the two excerpts. then choose the correct way to complete the sentences. in passage 1, abigail adamss purpose seems to be to drop - down menu options: inform her husband about events at home, raise serious concerns in a humorous way, entertain her husband with an absurd proposal. one sentence that illustrates this playful approach is

Explanation:

In Passage 1, Abigail Adams uses humor when she asks her husband to "Remember the Ladies" and threatens rebellion if not treated well. This is a light - hearted way of raising serious concerns about women's rights.

Answer:

raise serious concerns in a humorous way