The Virginia House of Burgess-es was the first democratically-elected legislative body in British North America. This group of representatives met from 1619 until 1776. The members, or Burgess-es, were elected from each county in Virginia with each county sending two Burgess-es.
hope i helped :)
One of many differences where that Spain was more focused in gold & silver which were more abundant in South & Central America. Since the Spanish empire had so many colonies in South and Central America they did not have the money to keep expanding to the north this gave England the chance to arrive in North America looking for new opportunities.
July 22, 2009::: T<span>he eclipse of Jul 22, 2009 starts out from the Gujarat coast, passing over northern India, northern Bangla Desh, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, northern tip of Myanmar, central China and the Pacific Ocean. The partial eclipse will be visible from a much wider region, as also from all over India. Major Indian cities the path of totality passes over are Bhavnagar, Surat, Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Sagar, Jabalpur, Varanasi, Allahabad , Gaya, Patna, Bhagalpur, Jalpaigudi, Guwahati and Dibrugarh, plus some more places but I don't know the rest. Hope i helped :)</span>
It is true, St. Augustine is the oldest permanent settlement in the united states