SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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rule by dictator
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self-government
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no government
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rule by president
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the summer of 1619 two significant changes occurred in the colony that would have lasting influence. One was the company’s introduction of representative government to English America, which began on July 30 with the opening of the General Assembly.
Detailed explanation-2: -On July 30, 1619, the newly appointed Governor, Sir George Yeardley, set in motion the concept of self-government in the Virginia colony. He called forth the first representative legislative assembly in America, establishing Virginia’s House of Burgesses-today, the Virginia Assembly.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1618, “[the] Virginia Company officials adopted English Common Law as the basis of their system in the Virginia Colony… [it] included a system of self government which included the capacity for the colonists to select their own representatives to govern… [and] pass their own laws.”