Question

In Puritan New England a. most women gave birth at least 10 times b. women married at an older age than their English counterparts c. infant mortality rates were lower than in the Chesapeake colonies, because the environment was healthier d. it was illegal for a woman to have children after the age of 28, so childbearing began earlier then it did elsewhere

Answer 1

answer  is c

Women and children were treated harshly in the Puritan commonwealth. Women were viewed as instruments of Satan. Children were regarded as the property of their parents. If any child was disobedient to his parents, any magistrate could punish him with a maximum of ten lashes for each offense