the Virginia house of Burgess's
the first representative assembly or legislative in the English Colonies
act of toleration
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.
The House of Burgesses determined that the English colonies would have a representative government. Does the person who asked this go to ESMS?
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it was the first representative legislature in the English Colonies
The first representative assembly in English America met July 30-August 2, 1619 in the church at Jamestown.
The name of the Jamestown legislative assembly is the House of Burgesses. Established in 1619, it was the first representative legislative body in English North America, allowing colonists to have a voice in their governance. The assembly played a crucial role in the development of self-government in the American colonies.