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Which elected group was the earliest representative assembly in the European colonies?
house of burgesses
Who could vote and be elected to Virginia's House of Burgesses?
Only planters and other white men who owned property were allowed to vote or be elected.
Why Did the Virginia Company build the House of Burgesses?
The House of Burgesses was created by the Virginia Company as part of an effort to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America and to make conditions in the colony more agreeable for its current inhabitants. The House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America.
What powers did House of Burgesses have?
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislative body of elected representatives in the United States. It had lawmaking authority over the colony of Virginia.
Which body located in Jamestown Virginia was the first elected assembly to govern in a British colony?
The House of Burgesses was the first elected assembly to govern in a British colony.
What was virginias elected assembly called?
The first elected body in the colony of Virginia was called the House of Burgesses. It continued its existence until the establishment of the United States.
What law abolished Virginia's elected house of burgesses?
There was no law that abolished Virginia's House of Burgesses. It simply became the House of Delegates in 1776 which is a lower house in the Virginia legislature.
What is the historical significance of Virginias House of Burgesses?
Look in your history book!!:)
What current legislative branch of Virginias government originated from the house of burgesses?
the Virginia company of London
What was the house of bergesses?
The House of Burgesses was an elected legislative assembly in colonial Virginia. The House of Burgesses was established in 1619.
Burgesses were elected representatives to England's Parliament from Jamestown true or false?
The House of Burgesses was the proper name for those elected to represent Jamestown in Parliament. There were a total of 22 representatives from the Colonies who sat on the House of Burgesses.
What was Virginia's first elected government called?
The House of Burgesses
The colonial law-making body was elected?
House of Burgesses
Who could vote and be elected for Virginia's house of burgesses?
ur momma
What body in Jamestown was first elected assembly?
The House of Burgesses in Virginia
The first elected assembly in the new world?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Was Abraham Lincoln elected to th us House of Burgesses?
no, the house of burgesses was during colonial America, mid/later 1700s not mid 1800s
