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The House of Burgesses and the Mayflower Compact both reflect the ideas of representative government that the Western Europeans brought with them to the New World.
The House of Burgesses was significant in colonial America in that it was the first example of representative government in the colonies.
In the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, the House of Burgesses was the lawmaking body.
The House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly in the Americas. They were popularly elected after the colonist claimed that they insisted on having their own representation. The first assembly met on July 30, 1619, in a church in Jamestown. There were 22 people or burgesses that represented 11 settlements in the assembly. To occupy a position in the House of Burgesses, people had to be white and own considerable property.