Marriage in New England under eighteenth-century English common law

a. gave the husband legal ownership of the bride's land and personal property.
c. was a contract among equals.
b. gave the wife the right to sell the family estate upon her husband's death.
d. left the wife impoverished in the event of her husband's death.

Question

Marriage in New England under eighteenth-century English common law
 	
	a. gave the husband legal ownership of the bride's land and personal property.
	c. was a contract among equals.
	b. gave the wife the right to sell the family estate upon her husband's death.
	d. left the wife impoverished in the event of her husband's death.

anonymous · Answer

A.
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anonymous · Answer

It is most likely "A". Marriage was quite unfair on the bride's side in the eighteenth century and below.