Basics of 18C English marriage

An 18th-century marriage contract that secured an estate for 3 generations is called a

The holder of an estate under strict settlement was allowed to break it up or sell it.

• True

• False

An estate under strict settlement wasn't actually owned. It was held as a

A strict settlement set a sum of a money called a ___ that a wife would receive if her husband died.​

A strict settlement allocated a sum of money called a ___ to each daughter. She would receive it when she married.

When a son inherited his father's estate, the law allowed him to evict his mother and sister(s) or charge them rent.

• True

• False

Propertied but not necessarily titled people in the 18th century called themselves the

"Polite" or "genteel" women were required to marry for financial security.

• Yeah, pretty much.

• No, they had many career options.

Before 1735, private promises of marriage would (in principle) be upheld in court.

• True

• False

The 1735 Hardwicke Act required ___ for a marriage to be legally valid.

• a license or banns

• parental permission if under 21

• a church ceremony

• all of these