[DOC] [TLE] First legislative assembly in America - Jul 30, 1619 - HISTORY.com [PAR] In Jamestown, Virginia, the first elected legislative assembly in the New ... Twenty
-two representatives from the 11 Jamestown boroughs were chosen, ... On July 
30, the House of Burgesses (an English word for citizens) convened for the first 
time. .... Once a large and very powerful people, the Shoshone lost thousands to. [DOC] [TLE] House of Burgesses - Wikipedia [PAR] The Virginia House of Burgesses /brdsz/ was the first legislative 
assembly of elected representatives in North America. The House was 
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1776, the representative branch of the legislature of Virginia was the House of 
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founding of ... The first representative assembly in the western hemisphere met in 
the church at Jamestown Island, Virginia on July 30, 1619. This General... [DOC] [TLE] The House of Burgesses [ushistory.org] [PAR] A Time of Malaise, a. ... This assembly, the House of Burgesses, first met on July 
30, 1619. ... of government without being checked by any representative 
assemblies. ... Such was the case with the Virginia House of Burgesses, the first 
popularly ... What is the importance of a small legislative body formed so long 
ago? [DOC] [TLE] Standard VS.3 Study Guide - SolPass [PAR] Importance of the General Assembly (1619) as the first representative ... governor
. They met as one legislative body. ( At that time, only certain free adult men... [DOC] [TLE] House of Burgesses - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Feb 6, 2012 ... This democratically elected legislative body was the first of its kind in English 
North America. From 1619 until 1643, elected burgesses met in unicameral 
session with ... Berkeley had arrived in Virginia at a time when the king assumed 
a ... in the assembly became very visible in March 1658, when Governor... [DOC] [TLE] Jamestown Questions and answers - History Is Fun [PAR] Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. ... In 
April 1606 King James I of England granted the Virginia Company a ... Historians 
estimate more than 14,000 Powhatan Indians lived in Virginia at the time of ... 
The first representative assembly in English America met July 30-August 2, 1619 
in the... [DOC] [TLE] The First Legislative Assembly - Historic Jamestowne Part of ... [PAR] Though many of our ideas about representative government developed from the 
... The first charter of the Virginia Company, signed by King James I on April 10, 
1606, ... Yeardley and the Council, met on July 30, 1619 in the church at 
Jamestown, ... John Pory, who had at one time served as a member of English 
Parliament. [DOC] [TLE] Virginia House of Burgesses - Colonial America [PAR] History, information and facts about the Virginia House of Burgesses. ... The 
House of Burgesses was established in 1619, it was split into two chambers in ... 
a model for congress and the first representative governmental body in America. 
... of the first colonists perished during the period of history called the Starving 
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... During the first years, mortality was very high through disease, starvation, and 
... In 1612, the settlers began to grow tobacco on their plantations-over time, ... 
the first representative assembly in North America was set up-the Virginia 
Assembly. [DOC] [TLE] The Virginia House of Burgesses' Struggle for Power from 1619-1689 [PAR] Over time, the representatives came to see their legislature as equal with the 
British ... the Burgesses met with the Governor's Council and the Governor-
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governor ..... Virginia colony, which became the first representative assembly in 
America. [DOC] [TLE] House of Burgesses  George Washington's Mount Vernon [PAR] George Washington served in the Virginia

Question: In 1619 this representative body in Virginia met for the very first time
Answer: House of Burgesses