Orginally named Matoaka, was the daughter of Powhatan, 1607 intervened with her father to save the life of captian John Smith.
Who is Pocahontas?
100
Spanish officials began to look to the lands north of Mexico as an area of expansion?
What is El Norte?
100
In these types of societies newly married couples became members of the bride's mother's household.
What is matrilocal society?
100
According to the passenger list of this ship, eighteen women and eleven girls were among those who disembarked at Plymouth.
What is the Mayflower?
100
Because slave women were viewed primarily as workers, they had to tailor their domestic duties and cares to fit in between their new occupation in the field in this place?
What is the big house?
200
Some white colonists argued that these would promote harmony between groups of people.
What are interracial relationships?
200
In California some women lived on these, which included numerous outbuildings and many thousands of acres.
What are ranchos?
200
Native groups venerated women's reproductive and nurturing capacities, the role of primary producers of ?
What is foodstuffs?
200
Aproximately one-third of colonial families employed these, who was considered a part of the household.
What is an indentured servant?
200
Some enslaved women resisted the pressureto produce children by using this rather than letting their infants grow up to be slaves.
What is birthcontrol or contraceptives?
300
Mixed heritage children of Native women and French men.
What is metis?
300
The children of Spanish and Indian parents?
What is mestizos?
300
Native women rose to the position of a leader, commanly called these.
What is sachem?
300
Conceptions of these which assigned men to heavy labor and women to child rearing.
What are gender roles?
300
She often passed dark winter evenings by telling the children tales of her nativee land, including stories about talking animals and magic.
Who is Tituba?
400
Among most tribes , sexual harassment of women and other abusive behavior was virtually unknown, this action, when it did occur, constituted a capital offense.
What is rape?
400
Some women Spanish women even joined rodeos, riding horses and twirling ropes with as much dexterity as any one of these?
What is a vaquero?
400
In this role Native acted as religious leaders and medicine practitioners.
What are shamans?
400
Fron the perspective of most white colonists, female settlers had the best lives of women in the world because they were most likey to do this.
What is getting married?
400
This permitted slaves to represent their owners in buying or selling produce and other goods.
What is Negro Act of 1740?
500
Because Native Americans depended on this rather than written communication, it is difficult to assess their views of themselves or of White Europeans.
What is Oral tradition?
500
In New Mexico, Spanish women pioneers often lived in simple adobe homes called this.
What are Pueblos?
500
A groom typically offered a gift, sometimes called this, to his brides's parents, which showed his esteem for his new wife.
What is bride price?
500
Unmarried women enjoyed this legal status?
What is feme sole?
500
Interracial unions occurred between Africans and white colonists, creating a new group of Americans called this?