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House of Burgesses

House of Burgesses, the representative assembly of colonial Virginia. The earliest of the American assemblies, the House of Burgesses first met on...

Colonial history of Virginia

The settlers could not adapt to frontier conditions and support themselves from the land. Starvation and illness took their toll. In addition,...

George Washington, prominent member of the House of Burgesses

During his years as a gentleman farmer, Washington matured from an ambitious youth into the patriarch of the Washington clan and a solid member of...

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- colonial Virginian legislature: the lower house of the colonial legislature in Virginia

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House of Burgesses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619. Over time, the name came to represent the ...
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House of Burgesses - Definitions from Dictionary.com
noun . the assembly of representatives in colonial Virginia.

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