The Jamestown colonists set a political precedent by
A) allowing the governor to use a line-item veto.
B) instituting a direct democracy.
C) instituting a representative assembly.
D) creating a judicial system.
E) writing a constitutional document.

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The Jamestown colonists instituted a representative assembly called the House of Burgesses in 1619, which set a political precedent for representative government in the American colonies. The other options mentioned were not established by the Jamestown colonists.

The Jamestown Colonists Set a Political Precedent by