The Virginia Legislature is still known as the General Assembly. It is the oldest continuous English speaking law-making body in the world.
Jamestown
The House of Burgesses in Jamestown.
The House of Burgesess in Jamestown in 1619
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.
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.
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In 1619, the first representative assembly met in the American colonies. It was known as the Virginia House of Burgesses, and it met in Jamestown, Virginia. Two burgesses were chosen from each of the colony's settlements, which were eleven at that time.
That assembly was the House of Burgesses.
The House of Burgesses combined with the Governor's Council created the General Assembly.
The House of Burgesses in Jamestown.