Mercy Otis Warren

Women were more understanding in the sense that they were knowledgeable towards the fact that they do not get acknowledged. Abigail Adams had wrote her husband telling him that women are important also and that they could not be ignored forever (Doc A). The foreigners showed a prime example of how one culture was widely unaccepted by the colonists because of the spite they have towards Europe in general. In the play The Motley Assembly by Mercy Otis Warren, she had mentioned how the French had been seen as an awful group of people since the Colonists had immigrated they still had a strongly influenced British view of all other (Doc D). African Americans obviously were not a very cared for part of society since they were seen as quite below everyone else. They were fighting because the idea of freedom was a fight they were willing to give, even a slight chance that they may receive that freedom and become accepted gave so many men the will to fight (Doc F). Although the minorities all had slightly different reasons for why they were involved, they had all wanted the liberty of…

Mercy Otis-Warren was among the first influential women in America. She was opposed to many things that the Federalist Americans brought about including many forms of the constitution and the Federalist Party. Warren in many aspects proved that she could create a better form of both the government and the constitution through the eighteen viewpoints listed in her writing, she expressed thoughts of the constitution and the federalist party that portrayed an evil like presence to the newly founded…

but most of us haven’t truly faced any serious dilemmas in our lifetimes. Mercy Otis Warren certainly faced one long ongoing dilemma in her life, making her an exception to this general way of thinking. Mercy was a woman living in a man’s world. She was a political writer and historian during the American Revolution, a time in which women were expected to be subordinate to men and their reigning presence over them. What separated Mercy from the typical woman during this time was the way the men…

1776, Abigail wrote, “[We] will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” Echoing the rhetoric of Patriots against the stamp act. As Americans were subjects of Great Britain, women were unrepresented subjects of their husbands. Her notions of the rights of women were meaningless to him. She was utterly frustrated at his dismissive reply to her demand of laws “upon just and liberal principles.”However, their interests differed. The men striving for liberty…

Early historians Mercy Otis Warren and David Ramsay viewed the Revolution through a more sterile scope than will future historians. Their views were shaped by having lived through the Revolution, and their interpretations reflect that context. Both see the British as morally wrong in their convictions, and the colonists on the side of virtue and truth. Their historical works may be viewed as laden with bias for the cause of the Patriots. However, a sense of conviction and belief in the cause of…

Mercy Otis Warren was a writer, poet, historian and dramatist. Many people considered her to be the first American woman to share her writing, publicly. Warren wrote poetry about anti-British propaganda and was the first person to write and explain the history of the Revolutionary war. Mercy was inspired by Thomas Paine. She gained a couple of ideas from his writing, to included in her writing and plays. Mercy was knowledgeable about all that she wrote, because most of her writing was written…

Mercy Otis Warren was not a promoter of women’s suffrage, nor was she a contemporary feminist. She was, however, an advocate of women’s participation in public politics. Warren had an independent mind and heart and the Revolution questioned the standard rules of political freedom for women at the time, persuading the once-obedient lady to add her own thoughts about the War. Warren was the typical calm, submissive Puritan wife—until the War began. She was willing to give up her life to God, but…

While both seemingly concerned for the well being of the country, the predominant factor that separates Anti-Federalist Mery Otis Warren from Federalist James Madison is the perception they had over the citizens in their relation to the government. James Madison was concerned with the stability a republic could provide, while Mery Otis Warren wanted to ensure that the government was small, secure, and did not become to powerful or aristocratic. Raised by a wealthy family and very well…

during the time were Thomas Paine, the son of a Quaker, and Mercy Otis Warren, the daughter of a farmer, attorney, and eventual member of the House of Representatives, Colonel Otis. Although from two separate walks of life, both writers had a hand in shaping America into what she is today. Thomas Paine 's most memorable works, Common Sense, not only impacted high and lowborn alike, it earned him an honorable spot as one of the Founding Fathers of The United States. In the years after…

Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren realized their roles as women in this time and stressed the importance of becoming an autonomous figure in the absence of their husbands; this is a sentiment that was echoed by many other women during the American Revolution. The two women also adopted a more firsthand involvement in the colonial government when, “[They were] appointed by the Massachusetts Colony General Court in 1775…to question their fellow Massachusetts women who were charged by their word…