USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ____ was the first representative colonial legislature, which meant colonists voted for people to make the laws for their colony on their behalf.
A
Thomas Hooker
B
New York
C
Roger Williams
D
Virginia House of Burgesses
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -In April, 1619, Governor George Yeardley arrived in Virginia from England and announced that the Virginia Company had voted to abolish martial law and create a legislative assembly, known as the General Assembly-the first legislative assembly in the American colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -1619: House of Burgesses (representative) Established in 1619, the House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in colonial British North American.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -With its origin in the first meeting of the Virginia General Assembly at Jamestown in July 1619, the House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies.

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