SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN COLONY
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A representative in the legislature of colonial Virginia or Maryland.
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The lawmaking branch of government.
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The right to control and make decisions.
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Economic success.
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Detailed explanation-1: -noun. a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
Detailed explanation-2: -legislature, lawmaking branch of a government. Before the advent of legislatures, the law was dictated by monarchs. Early European legislatures include the English Parliament and the Icelandic Althing (founded c. 930). Legislatures may be unicameral or bicameral (see bicameral system).
Detailed explanation-3: -Legislative means involving or relating to the process of making and passing laws. [formal]
Detailed explanation-4: -A legislature is a governing body that makes laws and can also amend or repeal them. The word legislature comes from the Latin word for “law”-legis.
Detailed explanation-5: -Passing laws, creating the government’s budget, confirming executive appointments, ratifying treaties, investigating the executive branch, impeaching and removing members of the administration and judiciary from office, and redressing constituent grievances are just some functions of the legislature.