SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Commons
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Meeting Hall
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Grocery Store
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Market
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Detailed explanation-1: -1781. The early central town commons were used for burying grounds and grazing land, in some cases with a pen or “close” for enclosing animals brought in from pasture.
Detailed explanation-2: -1 Answer. During the time of the Puritans the church was the center of life in New England.
Detailed explanation-3: -New England colonists built clustered settlements centered on an open area called a common.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most other U.S. states lack a direct counterpart to the New England town. New England towns overlay the entire area of a state, similar to civil townships in other states where they exist, but they are fully functioning municipal corporations, possessing powers similar to cities in other states.