COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Question
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It had 435 members.
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Members were chosen by the governor.
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The governor had no power in its decisions.
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Representatives were elected by the people.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Like the British House of Commons, the House of Burgesses granted supplies and originated laws, and the governor and council enjoyed the right of revision and veto as did the king and the House of Lords in England. The council also sat as a supreme court to review the county courts.
Detailed explanation-2: -All of the county offices, including a board of commissioners, judges, sheriff, constable, and clerks, were appointed positions. Only the burgesses were elected by a vote of the people.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following BEST explains the importance of the Virginia House of Burgesses? It was the first democratically elected legislature in the English colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Definition. 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.