Thomas Jefferson was 23 when he became a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. He served 6 years, from May 11, 1769 to June 20, 1775, two months after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.
(He would have been 22 when elected.)
He was sworn in on March 4, 1801
1769
yes
the house of burgesses
Thomas Jefferson was a member of many different governmental bodies. They included the Continental Congress, the Virginia House of Burgesses, and the Virginia Committee of Correspondence.
False.
Jefferson was a member of The Contenintal Congress, The Virgina House of Burgesses, and Virginia's Committee of Correspondence.
What law abolished Virginia's elected House of Burgesses
One was Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson (1801)
Yes. he was part of the Virginia House of Burgesses and attended the Second Continental Congress.
The House of Burgesses was an elected legislative assembly in colonial Virginia. The House of Burgesses was established in 1619.