they feared that separate property rights for women would undercut the unity of married
couples.
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Puritan lawmakers worried that recognizing women's separate property rights would undercut the unity of married persons by acknowledging conflicting interests between husband and wife. When a man died, the Church inherited the property instead. - See more at: http://www.chacha.com/question/why-did-the-puritans-refuse-to-recognize-womens-property-rights-in-the-late-1600s-and-early-1700s#sthash.USEX5fam.dpuf
He disagreed with the Puritan teachers.
They weren't out to reform England. All they wanted to do was pray and have their own religion.
uprooted sheep farmers from eastern and western England
The colonies did not restrict voting to the church higher church members.