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Understanding the House of Burgesses

Students learn about the House of Burgesses as an early representative assembly in colonial Virginia.

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Students learn about the House of Burgesses as an early representative assembly in colonial Virginia. The resource includes informational reading, retrieval questions, colonial needs analysis, and an activity connecting community needs to laws.

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What you’ll teach

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  • Students will identify when and where the House of Burgesses first met.
  • Students will describe who participated in the first assembly.
  • Students will explain the colonial needs addressed through early laws.
  • Students will connect community challenges with proposed and enacted laws.