USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the 1st representative assembly in the English colonies-What do we have in America that is similar to the House of Burgesses?
A
Congress
B
President
C
Supreme Court
D
Capital
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The House of Burgesses was important because it was the first legislative body in British North America and because it became a representation of the struggle between the crown and the colonists’ desire for self-governance.

Detailed explanation-2: -The House of Burgesses was important because it was the first legislative and democratic government in America. The House of Burgesses played a very important role in the American Revolutionary War, as well as in the creation of an organized, democratic government for the newly created America.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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