4,670
edits
US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies: Difference between revisions
US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies (view source)
Revision as of 14:18, 24 October 2022
, 24 October 2022→House of Burgesses, 1642-1776
| Line 766: | Line 766: | ||
*** peace agreements by 1627-32, but English expansion westward continued, led to war in 1644, finally Treat of 1646 turned tribes into English subjects, Virginia Colony expansion | *** peace agreements by 1627-32, but English expansion westward continued, led to war in 1644, finally Treat of 1646 turned tribes into English subjects, Virginia Colony expansion | ||
==== | ==== House of Burgesses, 1642-1776 ==== | ||
* | * traditionally, "burgess" = a freeman from a "borough" or town in England | ||
** | |||
* assembly/ legislature for Virginia colony | |||
* also called the "General Assembly" (officially renamed that after the Revolution) | |||
* replaced the “Council of State” which operated under the Great Charter | * replaced the “Council of State” which operated under the Great Charter | ||
* gained power over governors over time | ** was the first democratically elected assembly in the colonies | ||
* met in Jamestown | |||
** moved to Williamsburg in 1699 ( | |||
* bicameral: collectively the "General Assembly" | |||
** upper house: "Council of State" | |||
*** 12 members | |||
**** also known as the "Governor's Council" | |||
*** held legislative (shared powers w/ lower body), executive (advising body to the governor) and judicial powers | |||
*** as with the governor, Council members were appointed by the king ("royal") | |||
**** except during the Commonwealth, when the House of Burgesses selected the Council | |||
* lower house: the "burgesses" | |||
** = representatives from counties who were elected by free white males (and later, only property owners) | |||
** local county officials were selected by the Governor | |||
* the House of Burgesses gained power over governors over time | |||
** representation expanded w/ colonial expansion | |||
* tension w/ British government | * tension w/ British government | ||