SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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They maintained stability by enforcing Puritan religious practices.
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They were the first example of democracy in North America.
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They were the first rules that women helped make in the colonies.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -[5] Town Meetings were thus developed to preserve local autonomy and self-government over issues such as religious freedom and tax laws.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Massachusetts Bay Colony became the first English chartered colony whose board of governors did not reside in England. This independence helped the settlers to maintain their Puritan religious practices without interference from the king, Archbishop Laud, or the Anglican Church.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was the purpose of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? The Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony intended to set up a society that would accord with what they believed to be God’s wishes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Puritan law was extremely strict; men and women were severly punished for a variety of crimes. Even a child could be put to death for cursing his parents. It was believed that women who were pregnant with a male child had a rosy complexion and that women carrying a female child were pale.