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What is the government of Virginia called?

In the American colonies it was called the House of Burgesses. Today it is the State of Virginia.


Was house of burgesses?

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.


What would we today call the penalty the House Burgesses legislated for gambling?

The Constitution


What is the House of Burgesses called today?

The Virginia House of Burgesses ceased existence after the US Constitution was ratified. It is now the Virginia House of Representatives.


How did the Virginia House of Burgesses affect America today?

For Starters: Government by the consent of the governed. The established self-rule of the colonists would play a key roel in the coming Revolution.


How are the principles of government still important today?

Their laws are still used today.


Why were the Bill of Rights so important?

they are the outline of our government today.


How did the House of Burgesses affect the American Constitution?

The House of Burgesses Gave the founding fathers an example of what the legislature should look like, without it we would probably have a unimercal (one bodied) legislature, like britian's parliment. -Side Note, the House of Burgesses was a bimercal legislature, or made of two bodies, like the one we have today, the New Jersey and Virginia plans are what framed the two bodies representative count and distribution.


Why is the constitution important today?

the constitution is important because it provides a blueprint for government in the united states


What would we call today the penalty the house of burgesses legislated for gambling?

a fine


How are the principles of government developed by the Romans still important today?

Rome's laws proved a model for many of today's nations.


Why would it be important for the French government to preserve the house of a Middle Ages alchemist?

The French government is preserving history when they are preserving a house of an middle age alchemist. The house could contrain invaluable information about the time and the mehtods used by an alchemist. An alchemist was the first scientist and some of the methods they used are still used today. This is how historians know about history by places and things like this.