the first meeting was July 30, 1619
the first self-governing legislative body in the american colonies was the Virginia house of Burgesses
Virginia House of Burgesses
The Virginia house of burgesses
The House of Burgesses was established by the Virginia Company to operate in its eponymous colony.
The House of Burgesses wasn't an actual home. It was a governmental body created in colonial Virgina that was the congress if you will, of Virginia.
The House of Burgesses created in 1619.
The house of burgesses was in charge in Virginia
In 1619, the American colony of Virginia created the elected House Of Burgesses as the lower house of its legislature. In 1769, Virginia's House of Burgesses was dissolved by the British Governor, arguably one of the insults from King George III's government that eventually led to the U.S. Revolution in 1776. Virginia's elected lower house today is known as the Virginia House of Delegates.
The Virginia house of burgesses
The Governor, the appointed Governor's Council and the Burgesses.
The first was in Virginia and was called the House of Burgesses
There was no law that abolished Virginia's House of Burgesses. It simply became the House of Delegates in 1776 which is a lower house in the Virginia legislature.