Representative Democracy



Representative Democracy

New England Town Meetings

The history of the New England town meetings can be traced back to 300 years ago, in about 1620 AD, in the New England's Colonies. The purpose of these meetings was to have the listed voters of the community to debate over new laws and issues pertaining to budgets. However, it is similar to the town government. These meetings used to hold in the houses of colonial meeting which had to meet the basic requirement of it. These were built at the cost of the tax payer, and secondly, it was used for both religious ...