What types of opportunities outside of the home did colonial women have in eighteenth-century British North America? How did widowhood affect a woman's position in colonial society?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- Gender roles: few opportunities outside of the home; husbands managed family property and ran businesses
- Widows only received a "dower," one-third lifetime interest, while the remainder of the estate was divided among the heirs
- Widows took over deceased husband's occupation, usually printing businesses; Ann Smith Franklin (Rhode Island) and Cornelia Smith Bradford (Philadelphia)
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a. He did not campaign directly among the voters. b. He was unable to win Populist support. c. The established eastern press had deserted him. d. Few voters were interested in the campaign. e. He was an awkward and shy speaker.
By the end of Mongol rule, ________ had become the religious and political center of Russia
A) Kiev B) Odessa C) St. Petersburg D) Novgorod E) Moscow
The Six Companies reached out to ?_________________ immigrants
A) ?Mexican B) ?Chinese C) ?Irish D) ?Italian E) ?German
A factory worker performing one task over and over is an example of
a. piecework b. division of labor c. sweatshop labor d. a member of a labor union