The General Assembly
Well the Virginia General Assembly started in 1619. That would make it the oldest lawmaking body in colonial America.
the representative assembly of each colony.
The Governor, the appointed Governor's Council and the Burgesses.
what was the first elected assembly in the new world
Captain John Smith
Jamestown
House of Burgesess
elective Representative to colonial government
Delegate.
Parliament, the House of Burgesses, and the New York Assembly are all examples of representative government. Parliament, England's representative government, was established during the late 1200s. When English colonists came to America, they brought with them the tradition of representative government. This led to the establishment of colonial representative assemblies such as the House of Burgesses in Virginia and the New York Assembly.
At the House of Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia
the Virginia house of Burgess's
The General Assembly
An assembly of representatives from individual plantations, as well as the governor and barristers, gathered on July 30, 1619, in Jamestown and became the first representative assembly in colonial America.
The Virginia General Assembly- our House and Senate.
Well the Virginia General Assembly started in 1619. That would make it the oldest lawmaking body in colonial America.