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Well after Cecil Calvert got the charter for the king to create his colony he named his brother, Leonard, Governor. On year later though Leonard allowed the colonists to elect an assembly which is a group of elected people who create laws and pass laws in representation of the colony's citizens.

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Virginia, at the time, was a self-governing state, like most states at the time.

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Well, you see, it had a form of pudding government. Your welcome. -Skyler

they had a local council.

they also could elect their own council.

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The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislative body in America giving settlers the opportunity to control their own government.

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