EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Virginia House of Burgesses
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Congress
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Fundamental Order of Conneticut
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Constitutional Convention
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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: -In Jamestown, Virginia, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World-the House of Burgesses-convenes in the choir of the town’s church.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-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: -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.