SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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House of Burgesses
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House of Commons
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House of Lawmakers
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None of the above
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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: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-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: -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.