COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Represented the Monarchy
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Started the principal idea of elected officials/assemblies
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Guaranteed Freedom of Religion
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Guaranteed right to a trial
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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: -In 1619, 22 burgesses and Governor George Yeardley took part in the first legislative assembly of the American colonies. Their creation of the House of Burgesses later inspired the American Revolution and the subsequent creation of the United States.