USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1619, 22 burgesses and Governor George Yeardley took part in the first legislative assembly of the American colonies. Their creation of the House of Burgesses later inspired the American Revolution and the subsequent creation of the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Jamestown, Virginia, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World-the House of Burgesses-convenes in the choir of the town’s church.

Detailed explanation-3: -With its origin in the first meeting of the Virginia General Assembly at Jamestown in July 1619, the House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -The House of Burgesses was important because it was the first legislative body in British North America and because it became a representation of the struggle between the crown and the colonists’ desire for self-governance.

Detailed explanation-5: -The House of Burgesses /ˈbɜːrdʒəsɪz/ was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been established in 1619, became a bicameral institution.