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Virginia House of Burgesses
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Virginia_House_of_Burgesses
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:legislative_body
gptkb:museum
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Colony_of_Virginia
gptkbp:disbanded
gptkb:Royal_Governor
gptkbp:dissolved
1776
gptkbp:established
1619
gptkbp:firstSpeaker
gptkb:John_Pory
gptkbp:function
enact colonial laws
levy taxes
represent colonists
gptkbp:governedBy
gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:historicalEvent
gptkb:Stamp_Act_Resolves
gptkb:Virginia_Resolves
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Virginia House of Burgesses
gptkbp:influenced
development of representative government in America
gptkbp:language
English
gptkbp:legislature
gptkb:Lok_Sabha
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Jamestown,_Virginia
gptkb:Williamsburg,_Virginia
gptkbp:meetingPlace
gptkb:Capitol,_Williamsburg
gptkb:Jamestown_Church
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
gptkb:Peyton_Randolph
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:George_Mason
gptkbp:parentOrganization
gptkb:Virginia_General_Assembly
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Virginia_General_Assembly
gptkbp:replacedBy
gptkb:Virginia_House_of_Delegates
gptkbp:significance
first elected legislative assembly in the American colonies
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:John_Parke_Custis
gptkb:William_Fitzhugh
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
gptkb:Peyton_Randolph
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:George_Mason
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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