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Virginia Colony Student’s Name Course Code Instructor’s Name Date In 1619, 22 burgesses and Governor George Yeardley held the first legislative Assembly of the American colonies in a church in Jamestown. The members of the Assembly were landholders who responsibly had vast settlements in the region. The legislative Assembly was charged with making laws and regulations for the colony in agreement with Virginia Company in England. Jamestown colonists needed closure, and the first meeting was held to establish economic, social, political, and religious activities that governed them. The Virginia Company planned to control through a 13-man colony in England, and a smaller council constituted in Jamestown. In the Assembly, the land was divided, and inheritance rights were established. The establishment of laws in Virginia was very significant in making history. The meeting was the basis of a democratic government embraced in the United States. It was a pivotal year establishing the First Permanent Colony in the United States. The laws were a turning point for the government structure in Virginia.