As English Colonial Society Became More Structured in the Eighteenth

Multiple Choice

As English colonial society became more structured in the eighteenth century, what were the effects on women?

A) They received more legal rights, such as the right to own property in their own names.
B) Women's work became more clearly defined as tied closely to the home.
C) Their workloads decreased thanks to technological advances such as the spinning wheel and to declining infant mortality rates.
D) Women were permitted to practice law.
E) Women bore so few children that population levels slightly declined in the 1740s, then stabilized until the American Revolution.