The House of Burgesses (1619-1776 CE) was the first English representative government in North America, established in July 1619 CE, for the purpose of passing laws and maintaining order in the Jamestown Colony of Virginia and the other settlements that had grown up around it. https://www.worldhistory.org/House_of_Burgesses/ #History #Bacon'sRebellion #HouseofBurgesses #JamestownColonyofVirginia