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 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: -The Virginia Resolves were a series of resolutions passed on May 29, 1765, by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the Stamp Act of 1765, which had imposed a tax on the British colonies in North America requiring that material be printed on paper made in London which carried an embossed revenue stamp.

Detailed explanation-4: -It included the governor himself and a council-all appointed by the colonial proprietor (the Virginia Company)-along with two elected burgesses (delegates) from each of the colony’s 11 settlements.

Detailed explanation-5: -From 1642 to 1776, the House of Burgesses was an instrument of government alongside the royally-appointed colonial governor and the upper-house Council of State in the General House.