SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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It was a representative assembly that made laws for the colony
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colonists elected members to represent or speak for them in the government
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Only men who owned property could vote and be members of the House of Burgess
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Women, indentured servants, and slaves were allowed to vote for members
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first elected legislative body of colonial Virginia. Members of the House, known as burgesses, were the early politicians of America. The Houses’ stand against the Stamp Act was one of the first events that eventually lead to the Revolutionary War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Like the British House of Commons, the House of Burgesses granted supplies and originated laws, and the governor and council enjoyed the right of revision and veto as did the king and the House of Lords in England. The council also sat as a supreme court to review the county courts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. The House of Burgesses (1619-1776 CE) was the first English representative government in North America, established in July 1619 CE, for the purpose of passing laws and maintaining order in the Jamestown Colony of Virginia and the other settlements that had grown up around it.
Detailed explanation-4: -The House of Burgesses was an assembly of elected representatives from Virginia that met from 1643 to 1776. This democratically elected legislative body was the first of its kind in English North America.