General Assembly- 4.3.4- VS.3d

Who was a Burgess?

• A citizen representative in the Virginia colonial government.

• Another name for the royal governor of the colony

• A stockholder of the Virginia Company of London

• A nickname for an Englishman born in North America

What was the first elected legislative body of government in English North America?

• General Assembly

• House of Burgesses

• Governor’s Council

• House of Representatives

By the 1640’s, the burgesses became a separate legislative body called the --

• Governor’s Council

• House of Burgesses

• General Assembly

• Virginia Company of London

The current Virginia General Assembly dates back to --

• 1607

• 1619

• 1620

• 1640

In 1619, who could take part in Virginia’s system of government?

• Stockholders from London

• All male and female settlers in the colony

• The Africans who arrived in Virginia

• Only certain free, adult men

All of the following attended the meeting on the General Assembly in 1619 except:

• Parliament

• Governor

• Governor’s Council

• Burgesses

By the 1640's the burgessess were meeting separately from the Governor's Council. They called themselves the ---

• Governors of Virginia

• Parliament

• House of Burgesses

• Governor's Council