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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:legislative_body
gptkb:museum
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gptkbp:category
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Colonial government in America
History of Virginia
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1776
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gptkbp:established
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1619
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gptkbp:firstElectedAssemblyIn
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gptkb:North_America
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:Virginia_Company_of_London
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod
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gptkb:Colonial_America
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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House of Burgesses
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
other colonial legislatures
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:legislature
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gptkb:Lok_Sabha
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Colony_of_Virginia
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gptkbp:meetingPlace
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gptkb:Jamestown,_Virginia
gptkb:Williamsburg,_Virginia
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gptkbp:notableMember
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gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
gptkb:Peyton_Randolph
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison_V
gptkb:George_Mason
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gptkbp:numberOfMembers
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initially 22
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:Governor's_Council_of_Virginia
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Virginia_General_Assembly
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gptkbp:purpose
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taxation
lawmaking
representative government
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Governor's_Council_of_Virginia
gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkb:Virginia_House_of_Delegates
gptkb:Virginia_General_Assembly
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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gptkb:Virginia_House_of_Delegates
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gptkbp:significantEvent
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dissolved by royal governors multiple times
passed Virginia Resolves
passed resolutions against the Stamp Act
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gptkbp:votingSystem
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restricted to land-owning men
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Colony_of_Virginia
gptkb:William_Preston
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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