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What was the name given to the first representative government of the Jamestown colony?

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After his arrival in Jamestown in 1619, Governor George Yeardley immediately gave notice that the Virginia colony would establish a legislative assembly. This assembly, the General Assembly (which became the House of Burgesses), first met on July 30, 1619.

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