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What was the Virginia House of Burgesses? A. The first representative body in colonial America, which allowed male landowners a say in colonial government B. An inn that catered to sailors who would soon be returning to England C. A governmental house set up by the king to directly rule the colony of Virginia D. The most prosperous trading house in the new settlement of Jamestown

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A. The first representatiave body in colonial America. Which allowed male landowners a say in colonial government.
Est. 1619
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A. The First Representative body in colonial America, which allowed male landowners a say in colonial government.

It was the first government the colonists ever set up in America since they had went there.
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