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What was the primary role of colonial women in the household?
What was the primary role of colonial women in the household?
- Sole breadwinner for the family
- Political leaders
- Traveling merchants
- Performing domestic work and educating children (correct)
Married women in colonial America had full legal and economic rights.
Married women in colonial America had full legal and economic rights.
False (B)
What was one consequence of mutual dependence between husbands and wives in colonial America?
What was one consequence of mutual dependence between husbands and wives in colonial America?
It provided protection from abuse and allowed for an active role in decision making.
The first published poet of the English colonies was a _____.
The first published poet of the English colonies was a _____.
Match the following groups with their contributions or characteristics:
Match the following groups with their contributions or characteristics:
Flashcards
Colonial women's roles
Colonial women's roles
Colonial women in the US performed various tasks, including domestic work, medical care, and educating children. They often worked alongside their husbands in shops, plantations, or on farms.
Colonial women's legal rights
Colonial women's legal rights
Women had limited legal and political rights. Under English common law, married women did not have legal or economic independence.
Divorce in the Colonies
Divorce in the Colonies
Divorce was uncommon in the colonial period.
Enslaved women's contributions
Enslaved women's contributions
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Colonial government's control over women
Colonial government's control over women
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Study Notes
Women in the Founding of the New Nation
- Colonial women typically had ~8 children.
- They performed diverse tasks such as domestic work, healthcare, and child-rearing.
- They often worked alongside their husbands in shops, farms, or plantations.
- Women were expected to be subordinate to their fathers, husbands, and religious/political leaders.
- English common law of coverture applied, limiting women's legal and economic autonomy. Married women were considered to be under their husband's control.
- Divorce was uncommon.
- Women had limited legal and political rights.
- Women shared work and maintained mutual dependence with their husbands, offering protection from abuse and influencing decision-making.
- In the early Southern colonies, women were often indentured servants.
- The social model of women in the Southern colonies initially was not effective.
- Many hands (including women) were needed for colonial survival.
- Later in some communities, social structures resembled European models.
- Puritan women adhered strongly to religious rules and were instrumental in transmitting European gender roles to the New World.
- Enslaved women were integral to agriculture and developed innovative methods for performing tasks.
- Enslaved women participated in resistance movements.
- English colonial governments recognized the power of women, making laws related to reproduction and prosecuting women for crimes like heresy or witchcraft.
- Women faced severe punishments for offenses.
- A woman was the first published poet in the English colonies.
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