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In what year did the House of Burgesses, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World, meet?

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1. In what year did the House of Burgesses, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World, meet?
2. Who established the Jamestown settlement?
3. What does burgess mean?
4. The first law passed set the price on what commodity?
5. Until what year did the House of Burgess remain in place in Virginia?
6. What part of the legislature is based on population?
7. How many senators are elected from each state?
8. What was the name of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's governing group?
9. What was the predominant religious group in colonial New England with the exception of Rhode Island?
10. What amendment made the election of senators a direct election?



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