house of burgesses

     

The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first electe legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619. Over time, the name came to represent the entire official legislative body of the Colony of Virginia, and later, after the American Revolution, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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  • This Virginia assembly first met in July 1619 & representative Walter Shelley died of the heat
  • Like his father Peter, Thomas Jefferson was a member of this Virginia legislative "House"
  • In 1619 this representative body in Virginia met for the very first time
  • In 1619 this first elected legislative assembly in America met in Jamestown
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from inside the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, VA.) Founded in Jamestown in 1619, this group that met here in Williamsburg's capitol in the 1700s was the first representative legislative body in America

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  • Virginia- the colony created the first elected legislature in 1619, which was called the house of burgesses. #colmerica
  • Great getting to know men like @PHenryCCESap14 while serving on the House of Burgesses (1758) #givesmehope