EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Having a say so in government
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Running the family business
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Taking care of their children
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Being free
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Detailed explanation-1: -Coverture restricted married women from writing and signing contracts, suing, owning real estate or movable property, or earning their own money. It implied a woman’s legal “covering” after marriage – that her husband took over her legal, economic, and political identity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most women carried on with their daily tasks at home, but many took action by boycotting British goods or following their men into war–as cooks, nurses, and care-givers. Some, like Deborah Sampson, disguised themselves as men and joined the battle.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the revolution, the laws of coverture, established during the colonial period, remained in place. These laws ruled that when women married they lost their legal identity. Women could not own property, control their own money, or sign legal documents.
Detailed explanation-4: -What happened to the women who participated in the wars of independence? They became honored war heroes. What was the most ideological banner used by the leaders during the wars of independence in Latin America? What is popular sovereignty?