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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.Why could a royal governor block a law the assembly passed?
  • A.He was elected by the assembly
  • B.He had the power to veto it on behalf of the king
  • C.A town meeting told him to
2.How does the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Grand Council make decisions?
  • A.Its chiefs discuss an issue until they reach agreement
  • B.One town meeting votes for all
  • C.A king chosen by Britain decides
3.Which colonists usually could not vote at town meetings or for assemblies?
  • A.Members of the assembly
  • B.Men who owned land
  • C.Women, enslaved people and men without property
4.Why did town meetings work well in New England?
  • A.New England had no farms
  • B.The king attended every meeting
  • C.Towns were small and people lived close together
5.Who chooses the chiefs of the Haudenosaunee Grand Council?
  • A.A colonial governor
  • B.The British king
  • C.Clan mothers
6.Why did Virginia use elected representatives instead of meetings of everyone?
  • A.Virginians were not allowed to travel
  • B.Virginia had no towns at all
  • C.Its farms and plantations were spread far apart
7.What kind of democracy is a town meeting?
  • A.Representative: voters elect others to decide
  • B.Direct: voters decide for themselves
  • C.Monarchy: one ruler decides
8.In most colonies, who voted on the colony's taxes and the governor's pay?
  • A.The elected assembly
  • B.A ship's captain
  • C.The town crier

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Answer key — Town Meetings and the House of Burgesses

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  1. 1.He had the power to veto it on behalf of the king
  2. 2.Its chiefs discuss an issue until they reach agreement
  3. 3.Women, enslaved people and men without property
  4. 4.Towns were small and people lived close together
  5. 5.Clan mothers
  6. 6.Its farms and plantations were spread far apart
  7. 7.Direct: voters decide for themselves
  8. 8.The elected assembly

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