Chapter 2 Quiz Flashcards
Chesapeake women who achieved wealth did so mostly
through marriage, and often remarriage, to wealthy men
Englishwomen who migrated to the Chesapeake in the seventeeth century as indentured servants found that they
often labored in the tobacco fields because necessity overrode gender distinctions
Most of the women accused of witchcraft during the New England witch hunts were
either old, poor, and powerless, or in a position of some authority and prestige
Why did women in the Chesapeake colonies tend to die at an earlier age than men throughout the seventeenth century?
The hazards of childbirth
What was a result of high mortality rates in the Chesapeake region during the seventeenth century?
A system of complicated blended families because widows remarried quickly
In challenging religious doctrine and the clergy who interpreted it in Massachusetts, Anne Hutchinson also contested the
subordinate status of women in religious discussions
How did New England women in the seventeenth century respond to the fact that few of them were proficient in all household skills?
They bartered among themselves for necessities and services, especially in remote areas
What was remarkable about the demographics of colonial New England in the seventeenth century?
New England had lower ages at first marriage and higher fertility than in England or the Southern colonies
Why did Quaker women in Pennsylvania enjoy relatively equal status with Quaker men?
Quakers believed “the Inner light of christ” was available equally to all
The Chesapeake colonies during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, what happened to women who became pregnant during their period of indentured servitude?
They were fined and publicly whipped
What roles did women have among Pennsylvania’s Quakers?
Quaker women were often respected religious teachers and participated fully in Quaker services.
What was slavery like in New York under the British?
New York slavery was urban; slaves were isolated in white households, separated from partners and children
A 1662 law changed the status of slavery in the colonies decreeing that
a child followed his or her mother’s legal status
When an Englishwoman had the legal status of feme sole, she
she had some legal rights before the law
How did the lives of women in New Netherland differ from those in the British colonies?
Dutch women had more legal rights and economic authority than British women
How were Native American women’s lives affected by participating in a “French country marriage”?
They retained the right to easily divorce while gaining access to trade goods
Nearly three-quarters of Puritan settlers who migrated to New England were
members of families
What was a contributing factor in the Virginia Company’s importation of 150 “tobacco brides” to Jamestown in 1620 and 1621?
The settlers in the Chesapeake colonies were mostly male, so there was a lack of available spouses
How did slavery in New England differ from slavery in southern colonies?
Northern slaveholders tended to own only one or two slaves and sell them frequently, making it difficult for slaves to form families as they did in the South.
What was required by the New England law concerning education?
It mandated that all children, both boys and girls, be taught to read so that they could study the Scriptures.
What was the result of the chronic shortage of marriageable Englishwomen in the southern colonies in the sixteenth century?
Englishwomen married quickly but also had greater leverage in choosing a husband
Which of the following was part of the Dutch concept of marriage in New Netherland?
A married woman had a legal identity independent of her husband
What step was among the series of developments in VIrginia that led to the legal distinction between African slaves and white free laborers?
Imposition of tax on the labor of African women but not on white women
Why did South Carolina planters use African women to establish rice as a staple crop?
Women had been key participants in cultivating rice crops in Africa
