Virginia House of Burgesses

The House of Burgesses is important in history because it was the 

• the first time a council advised the Virginia Company
• only legislative body in England
• first election of women as leaders
• first elective legislative body in America

The House of Burgesses gave the colonists in Virginia the opportunity to control _______________

• their own government
• the First Americans
• the Royal Governor
• the King of England

This was the first written form of self-government in the American colonies?

• Mayflower Compact
• Virginia House of Burgesses

This was the first elected assembly in the colonies?

• Mayflower Compact
• Virginia House of Burgesses

1st representative governing body in the American colonies.

• English Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Congress

What was the first document called that established a self-govt. in America. Was written in 1620. 

• Magna Carta 
• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 
• House of Burgesses 

First representative govt. in America

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 
• Congress
• Constitution 
• House of Burgesses 

 Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact?

•  to show that they opposed representative government.
• to establish an orderly community
•  to reinforce the laws of England in the new colony
•  to guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony

What does legislative mean?

• to elect governors
• to judge the laws
• to create laws (law-making)
• to create new settlements

The Virginia House of Burgesses was in important because...

• It was the first elected legislative body
• It gave settlers the opportunity to be ruled by the king
• The governor was appointed by the king
• The governor had a council that he chose