Based on the readings for this unit: Powell Chapters 2-3 and the Journal Article by Alan Watson on Women in Colonial North Carolina, please respond to the following prompt.
In what ways do Powell’s assessments of North Carolina’s exploration, early settlement, and its development as a Proprietary Colony from 1663-1729 (chapters 2-3) lend support to Alan Watson’s contention that single and widowed women enjoyed a significant amount of independence and legal standing, while married women often became legal “nonentities?” Please explain.
Minimum two paragraphs (please do not write 1 full page)
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