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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.Which body made laws for the whole British Empire, including the colonies?
  • A.A Boston town meeting
  • B.The House of Burgesses
  • C.Parliament in London
3.Why did town meetings work well in New England?
  • A.New England had no farms
  • B.Towns were small and people lived close together
  • C.The king attended every meeting
4.In most colonies, who voted on the colony's taxes and the governor's pay?
  • A.The town crier
  • B.A ship's captain
  • C.The elected assembly
5.Who chooses the chiefs of the Haudenosaunee Grand Council?
  • A.The British king
  • B.A colonial governor
  • C.Clan mothers
6.Why did Virginia use elected representatives instead of meetings of everyone?
  • A.Its farms and plantations were spread far apart
  • B.Virginia had no towns at all
  • C.Virginians were not allowed to travel
7.Where are town meetings still held today?
  • A.Only in London
  • B.In many New England towns
  • C.Nowhere; they ended in 1776
8.Which colonists usually could not vote at town meetings or for assemblies?
  • A.Women, enslaved people and men without property
  • B.Members of the assembly
  • C.Men who owned land

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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.Parliament in London
  3. 3.Towns were small and people lived close together
  4. 4.The elected assembly
  5. 5.Clan mothers
  6. 6.Its farms and plantations were spread far apart
  7. 7.In many New England towns
  8. 8.Women, enslaved people and men without property

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