House of Burgesses

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colonial legislative assembly lower house representative body

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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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Virginia House of Burgesses 19
House of Burgesses canonical 13
House of Burgesses of Virginia 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislative assembly ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
representative body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs House of Burgesses ⓘ
surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: English colony of Virginia
authorityDerivedFrom charter of the Virginia Company of London ⓘ
royal charter after Virginia became a royal colony ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
composedOf elected burgesses ⓘ
country Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Colony of Virginia
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 ⓘ
surface form: Colony of Virginia
legislativeProcess bicameral with Governor's Council as upper house ⓘ
locatedIn Jamestown ⓘ
surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Williamsburg ⓘ
surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
meetsIn Capitol building in Williamsburg (later sessions) ⓘ
Jamestown Settlement living-history museum ⓘ
surface form: Jamestown statehouse (early sessions)
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 ⓘ
model for later colonial assemblies ⓘ
precursor to republican self-government in the United States ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of resolutions against the Stamp Act in 1765 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → legislativeBody → House of Burgesses ⓘ
George → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
subject surface form: George Washington
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Richard Henry Lee → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Patrick Henry → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Peyton Randolph → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
American colonial assemblies → hasPart → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Shadwell, Virginia Colony → governedBy → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Burgesses (Virginia Colony)
Jamestown → governingBodyInColonialPeriod → House of Burgesses ⓘ
Virginia General Assembly → precededBy → House of Burgesses ⓘ
Chestnut Grove plantation, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia → governedUnder → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Burgesses, Colony of Virginia
George Mason → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Virginia Company of London → introducedInstitution → House of Burgesses ⓘ
House of Burgesses → alsoKnownAs → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Virginia Convention → replaced → House of Burgesses ⓘ
Port Conway, Colony of Virginia → hasJurisdictionDuringColonialPeriod → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Burgesses of Virginia
Colonial Assembly of North Carolina → hasPart → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Burgesses of North Carolina
Francis Fauquier → associatedWith → House of Burgesses ⓘ
William Fleming (politician) → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
subject surface form: William Fleming
Virginia Constitution of 1776 → replacedInstitution → House of Burgesses ⓘ
Virginia Committee of Correspondence → appliesToJurisdiction → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Virginia Committee of Correspondence → formedBy → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Virginia House of Delegates → precededBy → House of Burgesses ⓘ
Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses → appliesToJurisdiction → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses → partOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses → legislativeBody → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia → worksWith → House of Burgesses ⓘ
Henry Lee II → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Peyton → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
subject surface form: Peyton Randolph
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Thomas Lee → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Burgesses of Virginia
Middle Plantation → associatedWith → House of Burgesses ⓘ
Governor's Palace → originallyCommissionedBy → House of Burgesses ⓘ
subject surface form: Governor's Palace (Williamsburg)
this entity surface form: House of Burgesses of Virginia
Capitol building (colonial) → hasPart → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Burgesses chamber
Peter Jefferson → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses (through local roles and commissions)
Buckingham County, Virginia Colony → colonialLegislatureRepresentation → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Burgesses of Virginia
Hanover County, Colony of Virginia → representedIn → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Burgesses of Virginia
Edmund Pendleton → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
colonial records of Virginia → subject → House of Burgesses ⓘ
subject surface form: Colonial Records of Virginia
Thomas Nelson Jr. → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
Benjamin Harrison V → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
George Wythe → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
John Page (Virginia politician) → memberOf → House of Burgesses ⓘ
Caroline County, Colony of Virginia → governedBy → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Burgesses of Virginia
Raleigh Tavern → associatedWith → House of Burgesses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses