"The Code of Hammurabi was one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes and was proclaimed by the Babylonian king Hammurabi, who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C. Hammurabi expanded the city-state of Babylon along the Euphrates River to unite all of southern Mesopotamia."
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's voter registration drive affected the passage of civil rights legislation by putting a face to American citizens who had not voted previously. Scare tactics by the Klan were no longer enough to discount the millions of black citizens who were denied their right to vote.
It became the House of Burgesses — the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly met on July 30, 1619, in the church at Jamestown. Present were Governor Yeardley, Council, and 22 burgesses representing 11 plantations (or settlements) Burgesses were elected representatives.
Its main activity was to prevent labor disputes during the cause of the war and also ensure that higher wage settlements did not result in inflation.
