House of Burgesses
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house-of-burgesses-162-4098194
title:
House of Burgesses
text:
The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. From 1642 to 1776, the House of Burgesses was an instrument of government alongside the royally-appointed colonial governor and the upper-house Council of State in the General House. When the Virginia colony declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain at the Fifth Virginia Convention in 1776, the House of Burgesses became the House of Del
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Representative assembly in colonial Virginia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burgesses
date created:
2003-06-08T06:15:23Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T16:49:04Z
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