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What is burgess?
a freeman or citizen of an English borough
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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,...
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What did the House of Burgesses do?
it was the first representative legislature in the English Colonies
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Where does Burgess mean?
Burgess is an old (medieval?) word, it basically means an official of a town - town councillors or important men of a town.
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Who is Nathan Burgess?
Nathan Burgess is the actor, a star of Possums