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Jamestown
The House of Burgesses in Jamestown.
The House of Burgesess in Jamestown in 1619
They were governed by a representative assembly elected by the land owners.
At the House of Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia
The first representative assembly in English America met July 30-August 2, 1619 in the church at Jamestown.
An assembly of representatives from individual plantations, as well as the governor and barristers, gathered on July 30, 1619, in Jamestown and became the first representative assembly in colonial America.
They were governed by a representative assembly elected by the land owners.
The Virginia Legislature is still known as the General Assembly. It is the oldest continuous English speaking law-making body in the world.
In 1619, the first representative in British North America met in the church at Jamestown. Like the early struggles of the colony itself this first assembly suffered.
Self-Government
Self-Government