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<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n CHAPTER 1 EARLY LEXINGTON<\/strong> Early Lexington answers the following topics:<\/p>\n Who settled the land of Lexington? CHAPTER 2 AN INDEPENDENT TOWN MEETING<\/strong> An Independent Town Meeting answers the following topics:<\/p>\n Who led the new local government? CHAPTER 3 A TOWN WARRANT<\/strong><\/p>\n Town Meeting is a form of local government found in the six states of the New England region. It is one of the closest examples we have of direct democracy in the United States. It began with the Puritan settlers of the 1600s and continues in a very similar form today. This chapter looks at the mechanics of local democracy!<\/p>\n A Town Warrant answers the following topics:<\/p>\n How does a town warrant begin? CHAPTER 4 LEXCELEBRATE!<\/strong><\/p>\n The pages in this chapter compare modern life to life in Lexington\u2019s first three centuries because quick, broad comparisons can help students understand that there wasn\u2019t always a fast food drive-thru waiting at every highway exit in America. See how transportation and population grow and change over time with the specific examples from Lexington\u2019s story.<\/p>\n LEXCELEBRATE answers the following topics:<\/p>\n How has life changed in Lexington? (ISBN 9781933122786) This book is part of a nine-month-long celebration of the 300th anniversary of Lexington, Massachusetts, which was incorporated in 1713. Of course it includes good history about Colonial life in a New England farming community and a detailed … Continue reading
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\nLexington played a pivotal role in the American colonial resistance to British tax policy in the 1770s. Here you will find the detailed depiction of the first shots fired in what would become the American Revolution \u2013 but also a look at the others who contributed to the fight for freedom, such as the women who held spinning bees to aid in the boycott of British stuff!<\/p>\n
\nWhen did the town of Lexington begin?
\nHow was life in early Lexington?
\nWhat caused Colonial tensions?
\nHow did Lexington prepare for war?
\nWhat happened April 19, 1775?
\nWhere did Captain Parker get revenge?<\/p>\n
\nAfter the American Revolution, how do the towering principles of the new nation get to work in everyday government? How does an American community steer itself into the rapidly-changing 19th Century? This chapter tackles those practical questions!<\/p>\n
\nWhen did Town Meeting get refined?
\nHow civil is discourse at Town Meeting?
\nWhat did Town Meeting do in the 1800s?
\nHow did Town Meeting change in 1929?
\nWhat did Town Meeting do in the 1900s?<\/p>\n
\nCan citizens lobby representatives?
\nWhat happens during Town Meeting?
\nWho enacts Town Meeting decisions?
\nHow are Lexington schools governed?<\/p>\n
\nHow did Lexington\u2019s population grow?
\nHow did transportation change things?
\nWhat are Lexington\u2019s symbols and tributes?
\nHow has America hailed the first shot?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"