In April, 1619, GOVERNOR GEORGE YEARDLEY arrived in Virginia from England and announced that the Virginia Company had voted to abolish martial law and create a legislative assembly. 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. Only white men who owned a specific amount of property were eligible to vote for Burgesses.
<span>Come to America there is lots of reasons to come. Here you can come and practice your own religion freely, you can practice your own religion with no problems. You can establish your new own new colony with your own rules. You can explore new lands and you can also be send by your country to establish and conquer new land. You can maybe find lots of gold or not but you would get lots of land. Lots of people have come to practice their religion example quakers. Also lots of new towns and settlements like New York, New Amsterdam, Jamestown .</span>
The U.S. and Great Britain fought over the border between the U.S. and Canada. In 1818, they had agreed that the Oregon Territory would be settled by both countries. In 1846, though, the Treaty of Washington expanded the U.S. border with Canada at the 49th parallel to the Pacific Ocean.
<span>Oregon Country was divided between Britain and the United States at the 49th Parallel.
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Pharaohs are Ancient Egyptian rulers
