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apr 16, 1620 - House of Burgesses

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The lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature. The members, or burgesses, were elected from each county in Virginia with each county sending two burgesses. The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in British North America.

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apr 16, 1620
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~ 405 years ago