House of Burgesses
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The House of Burgesses was the first elected representative legislative assembly in colonial North America, serving as the lower house of Virginia’s colonial legislature.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial legislative assembly
→
lower house → representative body → |
| alsoKnownAs |
House of Burgesses
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surface form: "Virginia House of Burgesses"
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| appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction |
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
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surface form: "English colony of Virginia"
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| authorityDerivedFrom |
charter of the Virginia Company of London
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royal charter after Virginia became a royal colony → |
| colonialPower |
Kingdom of England
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Kingdom of Great Britain → |
| composedOf | elected burgesses → |
| country |
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
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surface form: "Colony of Virginia"
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| dissolved | 1776 → |
| followedBy | Virginia House of Delegates → |
| follows | governor and council rule without elected assembly → |
| governmentType | colonial representative government → |
| hasCapital |
Jamestown
→
Williamsburg → |
| hasJurisdiction |
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
→
surface form: "Virginia colony"
|
| historicalEra |
American Revolutionary era
→
surface form: "American Revolutionary period"
Colonial America → |
| inception | 1619 → |
| languageUsed | English → |
| legislativeBodyFor |
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
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surface form: "Colony of Virginia"
|
| legislativeProcess | bicameral with Governor's Council as upper house → |
| locatedIn |
Jamestown
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surface form: "Jamestown, Virginia"
Williamsburg →
surface form: "Williamsburg, Virginia"
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| meetsIn |
Capitol building in Williamsburg (later sessions)
→
Jamestown Settlement living-history museum →
surface form: "Jamestown statehouse (early sessions)"
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| notableMember |
George Mason
→
George Washington → Patrick Henry → Peyton Randolph → Richard Henry Lee → Thomas Jefferson → |
| numberOfMembers | varied by number of Virginia counties and boroughs → |
| parentOrganization | Virginia General Assembly → |
| partOf | Virginia General Assembly → |
| regulates |
colonial taxation in Virginia
→
local laws and ordinances in Virginia → |
| replacedBy | Virginia House of Delegates → |
| significance |
first elected representative legislative assembly in English North America
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model for later colonial assemblies → precursor to republican self-government in the United States → |
| significantEvent |
adoption of resolutions against the Stamp Act in 1765
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dissolution by royal governors during pre-Revolutionary crises → first meeting in Jamestown in July 1619 → support for Committees of Correspondence → |
| votingSystem | limited franchise for free white male landowners → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Virginia House of Burgesses"
this entity surface form: "House of Burgesses (Virginia Colony)"
Chestnut Grove plantation, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia
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governedUnder
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House of Burgesses
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this entity surface form: "House of Burgesses, Colony of Virginia"
this entity surface form: "House of Burgesses of Virginia"
this entity surface form: "Virginia House of Burgesses"
this entity surface form: "House of Burgesses of North Carolina"
this entity surface form: "Virginia House of Burgesses"
subject surface form: "George Washington"
this entity surface form: "Virginia House of Burgesses"
this entity surface form: "Virginia House of Burgesses"
this entity surface form: "Virginia House of Burgesses"
this entity surface form: "Virginia House of Burgesses"