USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Only Puritan men who were church members and owned land were able to vote for governor and for representatives to the General Court. Women were not allowed to participate in government. The General Court made strict laws for the colony.

Detailed explanation-2: -Puritan religion shaped the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Usually, only male church members could vote or serve in town government. Town leaders made laws to control how people worshipped. One law required all people to attend church services.

Detailed explanation-3: -Massachusetts Bay Colony was a man’s world. Women did not participate in town meetings and were excluded from decision making in the church. Puritan ministers furthered male supremacy in their writings and sermons. They preached that the soul had two parts, the immortal masculine half, and the mortal feminine half.

Detailed explanation-4: -Under the Charter those who had the right to vote were white adult males owning land and property worth 50 shillings, who were of “sober conversation and quiet, peaceable behavior", were certified by the Town offi-cials and admitted by the General Assembly to freemen status.