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Question 8 • MO-Government

In colonial America, how was the House of Burgesses significant?

Answer
A
It was the first representative body of government in the colonies.
B
It was the first to establish the separation of governmental powers.
C
Its leader was the only elected governor in the colonies.
D
Its members were elected by freemen in Pennsylvania.

Explanation

The House of Burgesses, established in Virginia in 1619, was the first representative legislative assembly in the English colonies. Colonists elected representatives to help make laws, which made it an important early example of representative government. It was not a Pennsylvania assembly, and its significance was not that it established separation of powers.

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