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What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?



AThe most prosperous trading house in the new settlement of Jamestown
BThe first representative body in colonial America, which allowed male landowners a say in colonial government
CAn inn that catered to sailors who would soon be returning to England
DA governmental house set up by the king to directly rule the colony of Virginia

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The Virginia House of Burgesses was "B. The first representative body in colonial America, which allowed male landowners a say in colonial government ," since this was greatly influential in the development of democracy in the United States.