What Qualification Allowed a Man to Vote for Governor and Members

question 71

Multiple Choice

What qualification allowed a man to vote for governor and members of the General Court in seventeenth-century Massachusetts?

• A) Land ownership
• B) Wealth
• C) Length of residence in America
• D) His ancestry
• E) Church membership

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