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You Tube: The House of Burgesses Explained

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Watch a video that gives a brief history of the lost colony of Roanoke and Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in the New World. The charter of the Virginia Colony was the basis of the House of Burgesses. [5:27]

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idea of self-government, house of burgesses, john white, roanoke, roanoke, virginia, virginia colony, first representative government in new world, founding of virginia colony
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Classroom Considerations
  • This video is hosted on YouTube