WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

This body consisted of two houses:one elected by the people, and the other appointed by the royal governor?

A	House of Representatives
B	Parliament
C	House of Nobles
D	House of Burgesses

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1643 it became a bicameral body, establishing the House of Burgesses as one of its two chambers. Members would meet at least once a year with their royal governor to decide local laws and determine local taxation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Title. Burgess originally referred to a freeman of a borough, a self-governing town or settlement in England.

Detailed explanation-3: -The General Assembly was established by Gov. George Yeardley at Jamestown on July 30, 1619. It included the governor himself and a council-all appointed by the colonial proprietor (the Virginia Company)-along with two elected burgesses (delegates) from each of the colony’s 11 settlements.

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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