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Town Meetings and the House of Burgesses is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on comparing how colonial towns, assemblies and governors made decisions, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.11.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Town Meetings and the House of Burgesses

D2.Civ.11.3-5

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1.What kind of democracy is a town meeting?
  • A.Direct: voters decide for themselves
  • B.Monarchy: one ruler decides
  • C.Representative: voters elect others to decide
2.In most colonies, who voted on the colony's taxes and the governor's pay?
  • A.A ship's captain
  • B.The town crier
  • C.The elected assembly
3.Who chooses the chiefs of the Haudenosaunee Grand Council?
  • A.Clan mothers
  • B.A colonial governor
  • C.The British king
4.Why did Virginia use elected representatives instead of meetings of everyone?
  • A.Virginians were not allowed to travel
  • B.Its farms and plantations were spread far apart
  • C.Virginia had no towns at all
5.What kind of government was the House of Burgesses?
  • A.Monarchy: one ruler decided alone
  • B.Direct: every colonist voted on every law
  • C.Representative: colonists elected burgesses to make laws
6.How does the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Grand Council make decisions?
  • A.A king chosen by Britain decides
  • B.Its chiefs discuss an issue until they reach agreement
  • C.One town meeting votes for all
7.Why could a royal governor block a law the assembly passed?
  • A.A town meeting told him to
  • B.He was elected by the assembly
  • C.He had the power to veto it on behalf of the king
8.At a New England town meeting, who made the decisions?
  • A.A governor sent from London
  • B.The king, by letter
  • C.The men of the town, voting together

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Answer key — Town Meetings and the House of Burgesses

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  1. 1.Direct: voters decide for themselves
  2. 2.The elected assembly
  3. 3.Clan mothers
  4. 4.Its farms and plantations were spread far apart
  5. 5.Representative: colonists elected burgesses to make laws
  6. 6.Its chiefs discuss an issue until they reach agreement
  7. 7.He had the power to veto it on behalf of the king
  8. 8.The men of the town, voting together

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.