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The House of Burgesses was the very first legislature in North America. The Virginia Company established it to help improve conditions for early colonists.

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The House of Burgesses was the first legislative body of elected officials in the colony of Virginia. It was founded in 1619 in the settlement of Jamestown.

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The Legislative Branch of the government in Virginia when it was still a British Colony.

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