SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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City Planning
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Town Meetings
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Town meeting-the act of a group of individuals gathering together to make decisions-can be traced to the 1630s. Town meeting finds its roots in the earliest New England settlements, when towns people assembled to discuss and decide upon all matters that impacted the community.
Detailed explanation-2: -The New England Town Meetings first began in the New England colonies at the beginning of the 1600s. Having travelled to America to pursue religious freedom, the Puritans quickly developed a method of town meeting with which to discuss and decide on community-specific matters.
Detailed explanation-3: -Town Hall meetings derive their name from the meetings held by politicians in the local town hall (or sports center or library, …) to discuss new legislation and other topics. Commonly known as all-hands meetings, company town hall meetings used to be a unidirectional communication line.
Detailed explanation-4: -The middle colonies used both county meetings and town meetings to make laws.