Representative+Government

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

1. What were the two important purposes of the meetinghouse? =The meetinghouse was where the church services were held and the ministers sermon(a talk on a religious or moral subject one given during a church service based on a passage from the Bible). The meeting house also was used as a place where they have town meetings to talk about political issues.= 2. Upload pictures of colonial era meeting house.

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3.Describe in your own words what happens in a town meeting. Give examples of when New Englanders had town meetings. =In a town meeting people vote on laws and on matters that affects the whole community. It is also in town meetings where people elect their representatives to public offices or jobs.= 4. How is the town meeting today similar or different from the town meeting? 5.What public offices can one be elected to? =One can be a constable, a town crier, a digger of graves, a drummer, a sweeper or a meetinghouse fence viewer.= 6. Why did colonists want to form new colonies of their own?
 * Just like in the town meeting people still vote on public offices each year. **