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	House of Burgesses
		The House of Burgesses, over time, came to represent the official legislative body of the colony of Virginia, and later, the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		The Virginia House of Burgesses was formed initially as part of a series of government reforms at Jamestown colony.
		The House of Burgesses became the first legislative body in the New World and would later be the foundation for later self-government in the American Colonies and, eventually, the United States of America.
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	Burgess Legacy Geneaology Project: House of Burgesses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The House of Burgesses was the name given to the first governing legislative body in the English colonies of the New World.
		For all intents and purposes the House of Burgesses was very similar to the British Parliament that would include two citizens, or Burgesses, from each of the 11 boroughs (subdivisions) adjacent to the James River along with eleven additional burgesses of the Virginia Colony.
		The House of Burgesses conformed to the established English law and used the same procedure as the English Parliament.
	www.burgesslegacy.org /house.htm (1009 words)

	House Of Burgesses Unearth Important Factual Knowledge Around House Of Burgesses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		House of Burgesses The House of Burgesses was the name given to the first elected legislative assembly in the New World.
		Its House of Assembly, which began meeting in 1639, is the third-oldest legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, preceded only by Bermuda's legislature and the Virginia House of Burgesses.
		George Washington was elected to the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg.
	historicalwilliamsburg.morahistorical.com /houseofburgesses (912 words)

	House of Burgesses
		The Virginia House of Burgesses was formed initially as part of a series of government reforms at Jamestown, established in 1607.
		The House of Burgesses became the first elected, non-Native American, representative legislative body in the New World and ultimately became the foundation for self-government in the American Colonies and, eventually, the United States of America.
		The Assembly continued to meet anyway, and became the Virginia House of Delegates in 1776, forming the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative branch of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ho/House%20of%20Burgesses.htm (636 words)

	House of Burgesses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		House of Burgesses over time came to the official legislative body of the colony Virginia and later the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		The House of Burgesses became the legislative body in the New World and became the foundation for self-government in the American Colonies and eventually the United States of America.
		Reconstructed Capitol of the House of Burgesses (http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/hb/hbcap.cfm) at Colonial Williamsburg Virginia.
	www.freeglossary.com /House_of_Burgesses (654 words)

	virginia house of burgesses < All House Things
		The House of Burgesses was the name given to the first elected legislative assembly in the New...
		The Virginia House of Burgesses - Griffith, Lucille
		The Virginia House of Burgesses Griffith, Lucille University Of Alabama Alabama 1968 1750-1774 Americana Burgess Burgesses Virgina Virg
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	House Of Burgesses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Journals of the House of burgesses of Virginia, 1659...
		modern-day successor to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
		The House of Burgesses met in one wing of the...
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	House Burgesses
		The Chesapeake colonies did establish the House of Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 The House of Burgesses was the...
		Jamestown, the earliest of the colonies, had an assembly, the House of Burgesses, which was elected by the property owners of the colony.
		In the colonial House of Burgesses Jefferson was a leader of the patriot faction.
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	HOUSE OF BURGESSES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The House of Burgesses became the first legislative body in the New World and ultimately became the foundation for self-government in the American Colonies and, eventually, the United States of America.
		The Burgesses met there, in two consecutive Capitol buildings until December 1779, when they removed to the new capital, Richmond.
		Reconstructed Capitol of the House of Burgesses at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ho/House%20of%20Burgesses.htm (504 words)

	The Colonial Virginia Register
		From 1652 to 1660 the Governors were elected by the House of Burgesses, though there is some reason to believe that their choice may have been influenced by the wishes of the Parliamentary authorities, or of Cromwell.
		Practically he was the agent of the House of Burgesses, and the representatives of the people were so jealous of keeping entire control over this office, that through a long period of years the Speaker of the House was chosen Treasurer.
		Samuel Matthews, elected Governor by the House of Burgesses, until the next Assembly, or until the further pleasure of the supreme power in England shall be known." Born in England; died in Virginia, January, 1660.
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	House_of_Burgesses - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		The phrase "General Assembly" describes both the whole legislature of the colony (the House of Burgesses and the Governor's Council) and the legislature of the current U.S. state of Virginia.
		The phrase "House of Burgesses" can be used to mean both the lower house of the colonial legislature, and the whole colonial General Assembly.
		Governor Lord Botetourt dissolved the House of Burgesses in 1769 as he was allowed to do as representative of the British monarch.
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	House of Burgesses - MSN Encarta
		House of Burgesses, the representative assembly of colonial Virginia.
		The earliest of the American assemblies, the House of Burgesses first met on...
		Stamp Act, opposed by the House of Burgesses
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	House of Burgesses
		The House of Burgesses was made up of 22 men, 2 men representing each of Virginia's 11 "plantations" or counties.
		The major goal of the House of Burgesses was to change the law as imposed by Thomas Dale.
		The House of Burgesses effectively represented the first form of democracy to ever reign in the New World.
	www.mrnussbaum.com /history/hob.htm (243 words)

	Virginia House Of Burgesses
		The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the House membership by the Delegates.
		The House shares legislative power with the Senate of Virginia, the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly.
		The Burgess shale (named after Mount Burgess, near where the shale was found) is a fl shale found high up in the Canadian Rockies in Yoho National Park near the town of Field, British Columbia.
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	Virginia House Of Burgesses
		Burgesses allocates £10000 for a western expedition against the French.
		Burgesses was the first representative government in North America.
		Burgesses, made a negative reference to their King George, some stooge shouted “Treason!” at him.
	www.futuregate.co.uk /virginia_house_of_burgesses.html (186 words)

	Journals of the House of Burgesses
		The House proceeded to the Hearing of the Merits of the Election for the County of Westmorland, upon the Petition of William Aylett, Gent.
		Resolved, That the Proposition from the County of Accomack, for discontinuing Patrollers in that County, be Rejected.
		A Petition of Joel Walker, was presented to the House, and read; setting forth, That a Negro of his murdered one of his Sons, and ran away; and that being out-lawed, he was afterwards found dead; and praying the Consideration of the House therein.
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	American History Forums - House of Burgesses
		The GA was made up of the Governor, the Governor's Council and 22 Burgesses sent from the 11 forts, towns and settlements in Virginia along the James River.
		The burgesses were not elected, but were sent by the holders of patents for the settlements.
		However, while the men representing the settlements were called burgess, in assembly they were not refered to as the House of Burgess.
	americanhistoryforums.com /showthread.php?p=162 (317 words)

	House of Burgesses - Uncyclopedia
		In 1619, the House of Burgesses first opened its doors to the hungry settlers of the American Colonies.
		The House of Burgesses mistakenly received a shipment of beef instead of ham.
		Now, the House of Burgesses continues to serve its famous Burgers, and a wide range of other items.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/House_of_Burgesses (423 words)

	House of Burgesses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Members were elected by the existing Burgesses and it was voted whether or not a member got to move to a higher office.
		The Virigina House of Burgesses was an experiement with Democratic government that proved to be succesful and productive enough to last through the years.
		Todays government has been shaped by the House of Burgesses; many policies and systems are the same as the ones created by the original government, like the elections of office.
	www.east-buc.k12.ia.us /01_02/AH/HB/hb.htm (413 words)

	First Legislative Assembly
		Thus in April 1619 Governor George Yeardley arrived, announcing that the Company, in an effort to improve the social conditions of the colony, had voted for the abolition of martial law and the creation of a legislative assembly.
		This assembly would be held no more than once a year, "wherat were to be present the Governor and Counsell with two Burgesses from each Plantation freely to be elected by the inhabitants thereof." The mandatory presence of the Governor and the appointed Council somewhat restricted freedom of debate.
		The names of the settlements and their elected representatives were - For James citty: Captaine William Powell and Ensigne William Spense; For Charles citty: Samuel Sharpe and Samual Jordan; For Citty of Henricus; Thomas Dowse and John Polentine; For Kiccowtan: Captaine William Tucker and William Capp; For Martin Brandon-Capt. John Martin's Plantation: Mr.
	www.nps.gov /colo/Jthanout/1stASSLY.html (1278 words)

	The House of Burgesess
		The Virginia Company started The House of Burgesses and John White and other Jamestown leaders were members.
		The House of Burgesses was really a factor in the Revolutionary War because the people of Jamestown found out how nice it was not to have a king, so they stuck with it.
		So now you know how important the House of Burgesses was in helping to establish America.
	www.germantownacademy.org /academics/ls/4/sstudies/Colonial/4B/4B98/4bKvc.htm (133 words)

	Patrick Henry
		In 1764 he moved to Louisa county, Virginia, where, as a lawyer, he argued in defense of broad voting rights (suffrage) before the House of Burgesses.
		The following year he was elected to the House and soon became its leading radical member.
		Henry argued with remarkable eloquence and fervor in favor of the five acts, which by most accounts amounted to a treason against the mother country.
	www.ushistory.org /declaration/related/henry.htm (565 words)

	House of Burgesses - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		Owned by the Virginia_Company_of_London, the Jamestown colony only had around 1,000 colonists by 1619, so the Virginia Company made changes that the company hoped would make the colony more profitable.
		The first meeting of the House of Burgesses occurred on July_30, 1619 at Jamestown,_Virginia.
		The Virginia House of Burgesses became the Virginia_House_of_Delegates in 1776, which still operates today along with the Virginia_Senate to make up the Virginia_General_Assembly, the legislative_branch of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
	www.indexsuche.com /House_of_Burgesses.html (545 words)

	House of Burgesses
		Voting for the burgesses was limited to landowning males over 17 years of age.
		The House of Burgesses continued to meet, but its influence was severely restricted.
		Memorabilia related to House of Burgesses is at auction on eBay.
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	House of Burgesses
		The burgesses had to be men who were at least 17.
		This is how the House of Burgesses got its name.
		The House of Burgesses was the first of what type of government in the new world?
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	House of Burgesses
		Owned by the Virginia Company[?] of London, England, the Jamestown colony only had around 1,000 colonists by 1619, so the Virginia Company made changes that the company hoped would make the colony more profitable.
		Prompted by the Virginia Company, colonial governor George Yeardley[?] helped facilitate elections of representatives, or burgesses, to this new legislative body that would come from eleven Virginia boroughs adjacent to the James River, along with eleven additional burgesses.
		The Virginia House of Burgesses became the House of Delegates in 1776, which still operates today along with the Virginia State Senate to make up the legislative branch of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
	www.fastload.org /ho/House_of_Burgesses.html (297 words)

	The Virginia House Of Burgesses
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	2f. The House of Burgesses [Beyond Books - From British Arrival through British Departure]
		Although many differences separated Spain and France from England, perhaps the factor that contributed most to distinct paths of colonization was the form of their government.
		But forasmuch as men's affaires doe litle prosper where God's service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their places in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr.
		Modeled after the English Parliament, the House of Burgesses was established in 1619.
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