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Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Women's Rights

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  1. Load Excerpt of Chapter 216 of the Colonial Laws, Women and Property Rights, 1710 in Main Document Viewer
  2. Load Excerpt of Chapter 216 of the Colonial Laws, Women and Property Rights, 1710 in Main Document Viewer
  3. Load Excerpt of Chapter 216 of the Colonial Laws, Women and Property Rights, 1710 in Main Document Viewer
  4. Load Excerpt of State of New York Chapter 200 of the Laws of 1848, Property Rights of Married Women in Main Document Viewer
  5. Load Excerpt of State of New York Chapter 200 of the Laws of 1848, Property Rights of Married Women in Main Document Viewer
  6. Load Excerpt from the Marriage Contract of Brant Peelen and Marritje Pieters, 1643 in Main Document Viewer
  7. Load Excerpt from the Marriage Contract of Brant Peelen and Marritje Pieters, 1643 in Main Document Viewer
  8. Load Excerpt from the Marriage Contract of Brant Peelen and Marritje Pieters, 1643 in Main Document Viewer
  9. Load Petition by the Heirs of Samuel Palmer of Westchester on Behalf of His Widow, 1670 in Main Document Viewer
  10. Load Petition by the Heirs of Samuel Palmer of Westchester on Behalf of His Widow, 1670 in Main Document Viewer
  11. Load Petition of Sarah Robins, "a free-born Indian woman," to Governor Robert Hunter, ca. 1711 in Main Document Viewer
  12. Load Women's Suffrage Card, Chautauqua County, c. 1918 in Main Document Viewer
  13. Load Women's Suffrage Card, Chautauqua County, c. 1918 in Main Document Viewer
  14. Load Pamphlet for Americanization Day, 1917 in Main Document Viewer
  15. Load Pamphlet for Americanization Day, 1917 in Main Document Viewer
  16. Load Pamphlet for Americanization Day, 1917 in Main Document Viewer
  17. Load Pamphlet for Americanization Day, 1917 in Main Document Viewer
  18. Load Pamphlet for Americanization Day, 1917 in Main Document Viewer
  19. Load Pamphlet for Americanization Day, 1917 in Main Document Viewer
  20. Load Pamphlet for Americanization Day, 1917 in Main Document Viewer
  21. Load Pamphlet for Americanization Day, 1917 in Main Document Viewer

Suggested Teaching Instructions

Have students analyze the documents in the Women's Rights activity.

Using the documents as evidence, students can create an annotated timeline showing the progression of women's rights in New York and use that timeline to answer the essential question. 

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