Multiple choice

Colonial-era New England town meetings andthe Virginia House of Burgesses were both

  1. early social reform movements

  2. attempts to build a strong national government

  3. steps in the growth of representative democracy

  4. efforts to regulate trade with Native AmericanIndians

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Both the New England town meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses were early forms of self-government in the colonies. They established the tradition of local participation and representative governance that would influence the future American political system.