The House of Burgesses was the first elected represetative body in the American colonies. It began meeting in 1619 at Jamestown.
Representatives of the people of Jamestown met as the House of Burgesses to deal with problems like hunger, disease, and attacks by Native Americans.
Look in your history book!!:)
Look in your history book!!:)
Look in your history book!!:)
Example sentence - The house has significant historical value.
Frank Burgess House was created in 1913.
Charles H. Burgess House was created in 1903.
The House of Burgesses is located in Virgina.
The House of Burgess could make laws ,which could be voted on by the governor or the people of the colony (city)
The House of Burgess could make laws ,which could be voted on by the governor or the people of the colony (city)
What law abolished Virginia's elected House of Burgesses
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.
it was important because it was the house of the creation house the laws