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1619 CE: House of Burgesses is convened; first English representational government in the Americas.
1619 CE - 1776 CE: Duration of the House of Burgesses, first English representational government in North America.
1642 CE: Legislative assembly separated into House of Burgesses and Council of State.
1765 CE: The Virginia House of Burgesses passes the Virginia Resolves, asserting the colonists' rights as Englishmen and denying Parliament's authority to tax them.
1776 CE: House of Burgesses becomes General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia; declares independence from Britain.