PLEASE HURRY The Charter to the Virginia Company, granted by King James I and revised
in 1609 and1612, gave the company the right to establish a council in the
colony to “governe and orderall matters and causes which shall arise,
growe, or happen to or within (the colony].” In1619, the company allowed
the colonists to select representatives to govern themselves in a colonial
assembly. This assembly became known as the
O The Mayflower Compact
O New England town meeting
O Confederation Congress
O House of Burgesses