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How did The House of Burgesses change Jamestown?
it was the first house in Virginia that gave the first legislative body in America giving settlers the opportunity to control their own government.
Why is the house of burgesses important to the usa government today?
represenative democrcy The House of Burgesse a representative government in Virginia. There were 22 members. One of them was the governor of Virginia. The governor appointed s…
What was the job of the house of burgesses?
The job of House of Burgesses was to decide laws and determine local taxation.
What was the first system of government in the us?
The Virginia House of Burgesses.
The House of Burgesses was part of the first democratic government of the colony of?
it is the first house
The first representatives assembly in the colonies was?
The House of Burgesses in Jamestown.
How were the first representative of the Jamestown House of Burgesses chosen?
by the colonists from each town or plantations
What is historically significant about Virginia's House of Burgess's?
The House of Burgesses was the first elected represetative body in the American colonies. It began meeting in 1619 at Jamestown. Representatives of the people of Jamestown met as the House of Burgesses to deal with problems like hunger, disease, and attacks by Native Americans.
What is historical significant about Virginia's house of burgess?
The House of Burgesses was the first elected represetative body in the American colonies. It began meeting in 1619 at Jamestown. Representatives of the people of Jamestown met as the House of Burgesses to deal with problems like hunger, disease, and attacks by Native Americans.
Was the first Representative Assembly in the colonies?
The House of Burgesses in Jamestown.
What was the first representative assembly of the colonies?
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.
Representatives in the first general assembly in Virginia were known as?
house of burgesses
What was the first legislative body in America called?
The first was in Virginia and was called the House of Burgesses
Where was the first representative assembly in America at?
At the House of Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia
What body in Jamestown was first elected assembly?
The House of Burgesses in Virginia
What was the name of the first elexted body of representitives in the colonies?
The first elected body of representatives in the American colonies was the Virginia House of Burgesses, in Williamsburg VA. The first meeting was held July 30, 1619, in Jamestown, VA.
Which American colony was the first to have a government with elected representatives?
Virginia
