Question

The purpose of the House of Burgesses was to __________ the colony. make laws for expand the borders of ratify the Constitution for declare the independence of make laws for

expand the borders of

ratify the Constitution for

declare the independence of

Answer 1

The answer: Make laws for

Answer 2

The purpose of the House of Burgesses was to make laws for the colony.

Step-by-step explanation:

The House of Burgesses was the elected lower house (convened by a legislative assembly headed by Governor Berkeley) in the Legislative Assembly established in the colony of Virginia in 1619 in British America. Over time, the name went on to represent the entire legislative body of the Virginia Colony, and later, after the American Revolution, it became the Virginia General Assembly, the current state assembly.