WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first representative assembly in the American colonies.
A
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
B
Mayflower Compact
C
Articles of Confederation
D
Virginian House of Burgesses
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The House of Burgesses was a representative assembly in colonial Virginia and was the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession. The assembly was established by Gov. George Yeardley at Jamestown, July 30, 1619.

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