🏛️ House of burgesses
What year was the Virginia House of Burgesses created?
What is 1619?
Who could vote for burgesses in colonial Virginia?
What are white, male property owners?
In colonial Virginia, where did the House of Burgesses meet?
What is the Capitol in Jamestown?
What is one way today’s Congress is similar to the House of Burgesses?
What is they both make laws?
True or False – The House of Burgesses still meets in Jamestown today.
What is false?
Who created the House of Burgesses?
What is the Virginia Company?
Who had the final say over laws passed by the House of Burgesses?
What is the colonial governor or the king of England?
What were most colonists in Virginia doing for work?
What is farming?
Who can vote in the U.S. today that couldn’t vote in 1619?
What are women and people of all races?
How long ago was the House of Burgesses created? (as of 2025)
What is over 400 years ago?
What does the word "burgess" mean?
What is a representative or lawmaker?
What kind of government did the House of Burgesses represent?
What is representative government?
What kind of crops were important in Virginia?
What is tobacco?
What is a difference between the House of Burgesses and today’s government?
What is today’s lawmakers are elected by more people?
What big event came more than 150 years after the House of Burgesses started?
What is the American Revolution?
What colony was home to the House of Burgesses?
What is Virginia?
What is one power the House of Burgesses had?
What is the power to make laws or collect taxes?
What was daily life like for colonists in the 1600s?
What is hard work, with limited rights for many?
What branch of U.S. government is similar to the House of Burgesses?
What is the legislative branch?
What do we call the group of lawmakers in the U.S. today?
What is Congress?
Why was the House of Burgesses important in American history?
What is it was the first elected legislative assembly in the colonies?
True or False – The House of Burgesses was completely independent from England.
What is false?
How did being able to vote for lawmakers help some colonists?
What is it gave them a voice in government?
How did the House of Burgesses influence the U.S. Constitution?
What is it helped shape ideas about representative government?
Which famous Virginian later helped write the Declaration of Independence and may have learned from the House of Burgesses?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?