Question

What is the historical importance of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

It made laws for the entire country.
It set up the first colonial government.
It was the first legislature in the colonies.
It established the first colonial rule of law.

Answer 1

the answer is C. it was the first legislature in the colonies.

Explanation

House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies. About 140 years later, when Washington was elected, the electorate was made up of male landholders.

Answer 2

the historical importance of the Virginia house of burgesses is that it was the first legislative body in British North America and because it became a representation of the struggle between the crown and the colonists' desire for self-governance.

(I guess the third one is the right answer)