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gptkbp:instanceOf
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legislative body
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gptkbp:established
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1619
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gptkbp:function
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lawmaking
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gptkbp:hasCharacter
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gptkb:John_Pory
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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foundation of representative government
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gptkbp:historicalContext
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gptkb:colonial_Virginia
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gptkbp:house
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gptkb:Virginia_Senate
gptkb:Virginia_House_of_Delegates
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Oldest continuous legislative body in the Western Hemisphere
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gptkbp:influence
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gptkb:American_Revolution
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gptkbp:inheritsFrom
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from_colonial_assembly_to_state_legislature
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gptkbp:is_part_of
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Virginia_government
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gptkbp:legacy
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model for other legislative bodies
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gptkbp:legislation
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gptkb:Virginia_Statute_for_Religious_Freedom
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Virginia
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:Virginia_General_Assembly
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gptkbp:notable_event
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first meeting in 1619
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gptkbp:notable_member
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gptkb:Kathy_Tran
gptkb:L._Douglas_Wilder
gptkb:David_Brat
gptkb:Elizabeth_Guzman
gptkb:Rob_Wittman
gptkb:Tim_Kaine
gptkb:Ben_Cline
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkb:George_Mason
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:Abigail_Spanberger
gptkb:Edmund_Pendleton
gptkb:Bobby_Scott
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:Don_Beyer
gptkb:Mark_Warner
gptkb:Elaine_Luria
gptkb:Charniele_Herring
gptkb:Hala_Ayala
gptkb:Ralph_Northam
gptkb:Virginia_Foxx
gptkb:Danica_Roem
gptkb:Tom_Garrett
gptkb:Scott_Taylor
gptkb:Dave_Brat
gptkb:Morgan_Griffith
gptkb:Jennifer_McClellan
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gptkbp:previousName
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gptkb:House_of_Burgesses
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gptkbp:session
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2023 session
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gptkbp:significance
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first elected legislative assembly in the Americas
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gptkbp:type
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bicameral legislature
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