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Colonial Self-Government: House of Burgesses and Town Meetings
Explain the emergence of representative assemblies and democratic traditions in early British America.
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Settlement, Society, and Governance in the Thirteen Colonies
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Analyze the regional economies, systems of labor and governance, and cultural movements that shaped the British North American colonies.
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