SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Church
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meetinghouse
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only big building
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The middle colonies used both county meetings and town meetings to make laws.
Detailed explanation-2: -a house or other building for communal gathering, especially a place of Protestant worship. Common in Colonial America for both public business and religious worship, a meeting house today is usually a place of worship for Quakers, Mennonites, Mormons, or certain other nonconformist denominations.
Detailed explanation-3: -: a building used for public assembly and especially for Protestant worship.
Detailed explanation-4: -Built and owned by the town in which it stood, the meetinghouse served primarily as a place of worship, but it was not a sanctified building. It was the setting for town meetings, social gatherings, and legal proceedings.