The House of Burgesses started on July 30 1619. It ended in 1774. It
took place in Jamestown, Virginia.
This is a research report about The House of Burgesses.
The House of Burgesses started on July 30 1619. It ended in 1774. It
took place in Jamestown, Virginia.
It was famous because it was the first time the people could make some decisions without the King of England. The Virginia Company started The House of Burgesses and John White and other Jamestown leaders were members. It was good for the colonists and bad for England because it lost power.
The Virginia Company started the House of Burgesses so people would move to Virginia. It let people make their own laws.
The House of Burgesses was really a factor in the Revolutionary War because the people of Jamestown found out how nice it was not to have a king, so they stuck with it.
So now you know how important the House of Burgesses was in helping to establish America.