In colonial new england, select one: a. strict parental control made premarital sexual relations almost nonexistent. b. choosing a spouse independent of a parent's wishes was common. c. dowries were a common feature of marriage. d. widows tended not to remarry. e. gender equality was reinforced by the prevailing culture.

C. Dowries were a common feature of marriage

Explanation:

A dowry where the bride's family gives the groom's family their riches and money. This ensures income and stability for the groom's family. This was very common in New England.

the influence of daoism, buddhism, and legalism on chinese culture. unlike confucianism, daoism looked to nature rather than human beings as the source of morality. according to laozi, human society has to conform to the dao (the way), or the essential unifying element of all that is. some interpret dao as nature.