1. Life In Colonial America
Towns were more close knit, and normally contained different types of shops for the convenience of those who lived within the town. ... As time moved on and towns began to sprout up throughout the north and heading west, "Public facilities such as the meetinghouse, schoolhouse, mill, and graveyard remained located along the private economic services of the tavern, shops, professions and craft industries."6 As new towns began to form, the basic structure remained the same, and by the time the Constitution was written, there were around 1,000 towns in New England alone. The basic community st...
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