Legislative
Main duty of the General Assembly
Make laws
The head of the executive branch
Made up of the state's ___________ system
court
Year of the first Virginia General Assembly
1619
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Where the General Assembly meets
Richmond
The job of the executive branch
to carry out laws
An important responsibility of the judicial branch
make sure laws are followed, make sure laws aren't broken, or make sure laws are inline with the Va Constitution
First elected officials
Burgesses
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
General Assembly is made up of these two groups
House of Delegates and the Senate
Our current governor
Glenn Youngkin
The officials that hear and rule on cases brought in front of the courts
judges
Where the first general assembly met
Jamestown (Church)
Massive Resistance
Pay-As-You-Go
Harry F. Byrd
The General Assembly has how many Senators
40
What a governor can do if he does not agree with a law
veto it
The top of the Virginia judicial branch
In the 1640 this was formed
House of Burgesses
First African American governor in the United States
L. Douglas Wilder
The General Assembly has how many delegates
100
Cabinet
How many judges are on the Virginia Supreme Court
7
Governor during the first General Assembly
Sir George Yeardley
Governor stood up for racial equality and women's rights
A. Linwood Holton