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LETTER TO THE REV. SAMSON OCCOM / LETTER TO JOHN ADAMS

Reading Check

Directions: Read over the questions below and think about the ideas expressed in the letters from Phyllis Wheatley and Abigail Adams. Then answer each question in one or two sentences.

1. According to Phillis Wheatley, religious freedom by itself is not enough to make a person free. What other freedom does she say is necessary? Philis Wheatley says about freedom from slavery and assosiate with the freedom from Britain.

2. What reason does Wheatley give to explain why people are willing to allow slavery? The reason Wheatley gives to explain why people are willing to allow slavery is because they have never experienced it first hand like Wheatley has. She has experiences what is it to be a slave and the people that are allowing slavery do not know of the harsh and completely terrible conditions.

3. What “strange absurdity” does Wheatley refer to? The "strange sbsurdity" that Wheatley talks about is the conduct in which peoples words and actions are diametrically opposites. -Bianca Richards 4. Abigail Adams is very concerned about the safety of Boston. Explain why. Adams is very concerned about the safety in Boston because she doesn't want Boston to go downhill, authority and law wise. If the government in Boston fails then they can't do there job and help the people in the city.

5. What contrast does Adams point out between the goals of the Congress and the attitude of the delegates toward their wives? They aren't generous to the ladies and they believe in men's absolute power.