The main factors that affected the economy of the Appalachia in the 1950s was the increased preference for oil over coal which was the life line mineral of the region as well as the emergence and use of several automated machines which replaced manual labor.
1619
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.