It was like a government to the colonists. The colonists where so far away from the king that they made their own self government rather than follow the rules of the king across a whole ocean.
because I need the answer for my history paper
provided an example of a representative form of government
They were the earliest government in the colonies and Washington was a member.
Virginia House of Burgesses
The Virginia House of Burgesses, established in 1619 at Jamestown, was the first representative legislative body in the New World.
The Virginia house of burgesses
The House of Burgesses was established by the Virginia Company to operate in its eponymous colony.
The house of burgesses was in charge in Virginia
The Virginia house of burgesses
The Governor, the appointed Governor's Council and the Burgesses.
The first was in Virginia and was called the House of Burgesses
the first self-governing legislative body in the american colonies was the Virginia 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.
The House of Burgesses was dissolved in 1776. It was succeeded by the Virginia House of Delegates which is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly.
Virginia of course! It's where Jefferson came from too. Read the book: a short history of the united states. It's in the first 30 pages that explains the three types of colonies in the 1600s: proprietary, etc.