-How Did the Unbalanced Sex Ratio of the Chesapeake Affect

question 17

Multiple Choice

-How did the unbalanced sex ratio of the Chesapeake affect gender roles in this colonial region?

• A) Women chose who to marry and often inherited large estates from deceased husbands.
• B) Women amassed significant political power through property ownership.
• C) The large number of Englishmen frequently intermarried with Native American females.
• D) Women were treated as pampered objects who were not required to do hard work.

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