In both New England and the Chesapeake colonies, the tradition of ________ made men the undisputed heads of households; thus, under the doctrine of ________ , women usually had to surrender their property to their husbands at marriage, but some

single and widowed women with the legal status of ________ were able to own and manage property and households themselves.
A) patriarchy; coverture; femes sole B) femes sole; patriarchy; coverture
C) coverture; femes sole; patriarchy D) patriarchy; femes sole; coverture


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