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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.Which colonists usually could not vote at town meetings or for assemblies?
  • A.Members of the assembly
  • B.Women, enslaved people and men without property
  • C.Men who owned land
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.Where are town meetings still held today?
  • A.Nowhere; they ended in 1776
  • B.In many New England towns
  • C.Only in London
4.Why did town meetings work well in New England?
  • A.The king attended every meeting
  • B.Towns were small and people lived close together
  • C.New England had no farms
5.Who chooses the chiefs of the Haudenosaunee Grand Council?
  • A.A colonial governor
  • B.The British king
  • C.Clan mothers
6.What kind of government was the House of Burgesses?
  • A.Monarchy: one ruler decided alone
  • B.Representative: colonists elected burgesses to make laws
  • C.Direct: every colonist voted on every law
7.How does the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Grand Council make decisions?
  • A.A king chosen by Britain decides
  • B.One town meeting votes for all
  • C.Its chiefs discuss an issue until they reach agreement
8.Why could a royal governor block a law the assembly passed?
  • A.A town meeting told him to
  • B.He had the power to veto it on behalf of the king
  • C.He was elected by the assembly

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Answer key — Town Meetings and the House of Burgesses

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  1. 1.Women, enslaved people and men without property
  2. 2.Parliament in London
  3. 3.In many New England towns
  4. 4.Towns were small and people lived close together
  5. 5.Clan mothers
  6. 6.Representative: colonists elected burgesses to make laws
  7. 7.Its chiefs discuss an issue until they reach agreement
  8. 8.He had the power to veto it on behalf of the king

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