Women in Colonial Mexico

A nun of the 19th century and a poet, Sol Juana Ines de la Cruz said, "The accused punishes a woman without accusing a woman and does not know you.The Mexican colonial era Perfect explanation about the situation of a woman. In colonial Mexico, a patriarchal and publicly compelled patriarchal ruling was issued, and at the same time men participated in politics, received education, educated women On the other hand, because women are dominated by their fathers and husbands, they are not allowed to participate in activities outside their home, and their education "becomes a good wife Method "is limited to.

Hispanic women played a central role in the traditional family life of the Spanish colony of New Mexico; their descendants included large elements in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Gutierrez found a highly illegitimate nature among Indians, especially treated as slaves. He said, "Nobility holds mistresses and sexually exploits slaves, but they rarely accept them as children born from marriage." According to view, she is regarded as a civilized princess or destructive jealousy. A very favorable image is developed around Pocahontas which is the daughter of Virginia's native American Powhatan. John Smith himself saved his father in 1607 and said he was not beaten by his father. She was hijacked in 1612 by 17 colonists at the time. She converted to Christianity in 1614 and married producer John Rolf.

The colony was founded in Mexico and Central America. In 1607, the UK established the first colony in North America near the Chesapeake Bay and nearly a decade later, founded the second colony in today's New England. Both New England and Chesapeake were established simultaneously by the UK, but both colonies developed different economies, governments and many other lifestyles. In 1607, King James I approved the company charter of Virginia state and allowed them to begin colonization at that company.

In the colonial era, the experience of women was greatly different for each colony. In New England, Puritan's settlers brought their strong religious values ​​to the New World. There are racial differences in the treatment of women. In New England's Puritan settlers, my wife has hardly worked in her husband's field. However, in the Pennsylvania community in Germany, many women work in fields and stables. Immigrants in Germany and the Netherlands give women more control over property, and it is not allowed by local British law. Unlike British colonial wives, German and Dutch wives have their clothes and other items and have the ability to write the will to deal with the property brought into marriage.