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What was a purpose of the courts and the assemblies in the colonies?

A. political bodies to challenge the colony's royal governor
B. to gather in town spirit
C. to legislate all laws within the colonies
D. none of the above

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B hope this helped

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COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES had their beginnings in the Virginia House of Burgesses, which Governor George Yeardley convened in 1619. After the Sandys-Southampton group gained control of the Virginia Company, they initiated a new policy that provided for a unicameral assembly composed of the governor, his council, and two burgesses to represent each town, plantation, and hundred. Subsequently, the counties, along with certain priveleged towns and cities, comprised the units of representation

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