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Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Women's Rights

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