USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The General Assembly (which later established the House of Burgesses), the first legislative assembly in the American colonies, held its first meeting in the choir at Jamestown Church in the summer of 1619.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the summer of 1619, Virginia’s newly appointed governor, Sir George Yeardley, called for the selection of two burgesses, or representatives, from each of the colony’s eleven settlements to meet at Jamestown as the first General Assembly of Virginia.

Detailed explanation-3: -House of Burgesses, representative assembly in colonial Virginia, which was an outgrowth of the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession, the General Assembly of Virginia. The General Assembly was established by Gov. George Yeardley at Jamestown on July 30, 1619.

Detailed explanation-4: -The three men responsible for the development and implementation of the new code were Lord De La Warre, Sir Thomas Gates and Sir Thomas Dale, who had all see extensive military service. Their rule emphasized order and discipline for the three categories of colonists: officers, laborers and farmers.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.