Why did many Spanish women see emigration to New Spain as a great opportunity during the middle of the sixteenth century?
A) The Catholic Church had less influence there and did not keep women tied to the home.
B) The Spanish government promised grants of land to women who emigrated.
C) They could better their position through advantageous marriages and easy inheritances.
D) Male Spanish colonists had adopted Native American customs and abandoned the patriarchal family.
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