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The House of Burgesses was?

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a colonial assembly

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What and where were the house of burgesses?
What? an asembly of large planters Where? Colony of Virginia
Was house of burgesses?
In 1619, the American colony of Virginia created the elected House Of Burgesses as the lower house of its legislature. In 1769, Virginia's House of Burgesses was dissolved by the British Governor,...
What did the House of Burgesses do?
it was the first representative legislature in the English Colonies
Where is the house of burgesses?
The House of Burgesses is located in Virgina.
What is the house of burgesses?
The first legislature anywhere in the England colonies in America was in Virginia, The house of Burgesses's first business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco.