House+of+Burgesses

toc =__House of Burgesses__= == By Kate Rasberry :-)        <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace"><span style="color: rgb(20, 34, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(33, 32, 151)">       <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(33, 32, 151)"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(31, 38, 255)"> The House of Burgesses was the first representative government group in the American colonies in 1619. It was made up of 22 men including the governor, six important men of the colony, and fifteen other members that were voted from the colony. These people met once a year until 1624 and could make laws that would be vetoed by the governor or the Virginia Company.

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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">__The Forming of the House of Burgesses__
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> The House of Burgesses was formed by many important people. Some where the governor of Virginia, and the Virginia Company. It was made to make laws that people in America could have the same rights as people in England. These were to be passed by the governor of Virginia or the Virginia Company. This group met once a year for about five years. Then England made Virginia a Royal Colony, which restricted the meets and power of the House of Burgesses.

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__<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Members, Business, and Change of the House of Burgesses __
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">__The Members of the House of Burgesses__
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The members of the House of Burgesses are and were very famous. They made certain laws and were a strong symbol of hope against the British for the colonists. These members were supposed to create fair laws to the colonists as any English man in <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Great Britain would have. They were the first American made rulers in history!

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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> ===<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">__<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Business the House of Burgesses __  === <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> The Business that the House of Burgesses did was more like passing laws, deciding difficult situations America was going through, and other important matters like that. The very first matter that the House of Burgesses was to approve the official great seal of Virginia and set a price on tobacco throughout the colonies. In 1621, the House of Burgesses could make all legislation concerning the colony, but they had to let either the governor or the Virginia Company see the legislation because they had the right of veto. In 1698, they House of Burgesses moved to the Williamsburg. Not long after that, it moved again to Richmond. Even when they kept on moving, they still decided upon the colonies matters by the way Parliament decided upon Britain's matters.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> ===<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">__<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Change of the House of Burgesses __  === <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> The change of the House of Burgesses was not so dramatic as it sounds. In fact, it is still what it used to be today. It was transformed into the House of Delegates when the House of Burgesses attended the first revolutionary convention in Virginia. There they had elected Delegates for the first Continental Congress. As a result, they got rid of the House of Burgesses and made the Virginia House of Delegates in 1776.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> ==<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">    == ==<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">__<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Conclusion __<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">    == <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The House of Burgesses was a great way for America to have some sort of government and discuss its own matters. The House also represented hope for Americans so that they might be free and live in peace. The House of Burgesses was a new way to be governed and one where Americans actually knew what was going on and could fix it. Finally, it was and is such an understanding way to govern people, that we still use the same method as the House of Burgesses today.

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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">__<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The References for this Wiki Page __
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(33, 32, 151)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 41, 232)"> <span class="wiki_link_new">History Textbook <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(236, 9, 225)"> Social Studies for Kids: House of Burgesses http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/houseofburgesses.htm

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House of Burgesses Legacy http://www.burgesslegacy.org/house.htm