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In puritan new england, full membership in town governance was limited to all land-owning adults. "selectmen." adult males who were church members. all church members. land-owning males.

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-“Puritan” was a term first applied by the traditional Anglicans to those who wanted to purify the Church of England.

The adult males who were church members were given the limited power to establish a full membership in town governance.

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