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How did the settlers of the Connecticut River Valley widen the franchise?
AThey dropped the property test for holding land
BThey let every servant vote after four years
CThey gave the vote to all men over twenty one
DThey dropped church membership as a voting rule
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. They dropped church membership as a voting rule
1. Orthodox Puritans as well as heretics left Massachusetts in search of better land.
2. News of the fertility of the Connecticut River Valley drew farmers struggling with poor soil.
3. In setting up a government there, such groups extended the franchise.
4. They did so by eliminating church membership as a prerequisite for voting.
5. The property qualification for the ballot was a much later change, not this one.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section STRICT RELIGION RULES NEW ENGLAND_
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