SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE PURITANS
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General Court
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House of Burgesses
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House of Representatives
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Plymouth General Court (formerly styled, The General Court of Plymouth Colony) was the original colonial legislature of the Plymouth colony from 1620 to 1692. The body also sat in judgment of judicial appeals cases.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Winthrop, (born January 22 [January 12, Old Style], 1588, Edwardstone, Suffolk, England-died April 5 [March 26], 1649, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony [U.S.]), first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the chief figure among the Puritan founders of New England.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1634, after complaint the charter was not being followed, a compromise resulted in recomposition of the General Court as two deputies elected by freemen in each town.
Detailed explanation-4: -Their society was a theocracy that governed every aspect of their lives. Freedom of religion and freedom of speech or of the press were as foreign to the Puritans as to the Church of England.