Question

Why was the House of Burgesses important?

A. It represented everyone in all of the colonies.
B. It was the earliest representative assembly in the European colonies.
C. It made all the laws for Virginia until 1800.
D. It decided who in Massachusetts could vote and who could not.

Answer 1

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The House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in America.

B. It was the earliest representative assembly in the European colonies.

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