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(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from inside the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, VA.) Founded in Jamestown in 1619, this group that met here in Williamsburg's capitol in the 1700s was the first representative legislative body in America the House of Burgesses DD $6,000 DJ COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG 2008-09-08 #5516
This Virginia assembly first met in July 1619 & representative Walter Shelley died of the heat the House of Burgesses $800 DJ COLONIAL AMERICA 2006-09-20 #5063
In 1619 this first elected legislative assembly in America met in Jamestown the House of Burgesses DD $2,000 DJ COLONIAL AMERICA 2000-09-15 #3685
When this legislative body first met in Jamestown July 30, 1619, it consisted of 22 citizens the House of Burgesses DD $600 DJ COLONIAL AMERICA 1995-01-11 #2388
This elected legislature that met in Virginia July 30, 1619 was the first in any English colony House of Burgesses DD $500 DJ COLONIAL AMERICA 1993-02-16 #1952
The Governor's Council was the upper house & this was the lower house of the Virginia legislature House of Burgesses $500 J COLONIAL AMERICA 1990-01-24 #1248
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