Portal:Acts of the House of Burgesses
The Wikipedia:House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been established in 1619, became a bicameral institution.
Revolutionary Era
[edit]- An act for laying an additional duty upon slaves, imported into this colony (1769)
- Address of the House of Burgesses to the King, 1772