The English colonists in the Americas introduced their own local form of representative government with

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Virginia's House of Burgesses was established in 1619 and is considered the first representative assembly in the American colonies. This model of representative government was later adopted by other colonies, including Massachusetts and Maryland. The Mayflower Compact was a social contract among the Pilgrims on the Mayflower, but it was not a formal representative government. The Virginia joint-stock company and the revocation of the Virginia charter by King James I were not related to the establishment of representative government. The peace treaty following the Second Anglo-Powhatan War of 1644 did not involve the establishment of representative government, but rather a temporary peace and boundary settlement between the English and Powhatan tribes in Virginia.

The English Colonists in the Americas Introduced Their Own Local