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Abigail Adams: Mercantilism In The United States

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Abigail Adams was a strong woman, so strong in opinion and in policy that she was even called, “Mrs. President” by some of her husband’s opposition in the white house. Many of her strong beliefs came from her husband, whom she strongly defended and others were her own, like in one of her famous letters she tells John Adams to, “Remember the ladies (The National First Ladies' Library).” She also had many ideas on advocating education and dealing peacefully with the Native Americans, going so far as to invite a Native American chief to the White House. Abigail Adams’ ideas on things such as mercantilism were probably very similar to her husband’s. He believed the mercantilism was a corrupt system and that it and many British policies, “violated

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