Prejudice in Favor of New England

Summary: In this letter, John Adams tells Abigail Adams how the world humans live in is tied to social relationships. He also tells her how out of all the colonies, New England is the best one of them all. This is because people there are purer english people and are not mixed with other cultures such as the irish cultures. Also because New England enforces grammar schools for the young people and they also support religion and morals very much in difference from other colonies. They also provide many jobs for the people and prove that they can put their knowledge to work. Unfortunately, even though they have all of these things, as they are only a colony, they are still exploited by the governors of the country.



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Rhetorical Devices:

Appeal to reason: "The poeple are purer English Blood, less mixed with Scotch, Irish, Dutch, French, Danish, Sweedish, etc., than any other; and descended from englishmen too who left Euorpe, in purer times that the present and less tainted with corruption than those they left behind them." (John Adams 681)

                  This quotes shows appeal to reason, bevause John Adams says how New England is a better colony than the rest. With this quotes he says how english are pyrer peole than the ones in other colonies, and this makes the reader think how this is actually a reason for them to be better.

Persuasion: "The public institutions in New England for the Education of Youth, supporting colledges at the public expense and obliging Towns to maintain grammar schools, is not equalled and never was in any part of the world." (John Adams 681)

                 This quotes shows persuasion, because John is talking about how education is not equal all over the world. This quote makes the reader feel like this should change and there should be equal education for the youth no matter where.