Distinguished members included Captain Francis West and Reverend William Wickham.
An outbreak of malaria cut short the inaugural meeting of this body consisting of twenty-two members. It convinced George Yeardley to overturn a law imposed by Thomas Dale and later failed to gain the approval of Governor Fauquier when it adopted Patrick Henry's Stamp Act Resolves. Distinguished members included Captain Francis West and Reverend William Wickham. John Pory was the first designated secretary and speaker, presiding over a meeting with two representatives each from such plantations as Kiccowtan, Henricus, and James City. For 10 points, colonial Williamsburg today contains a replica of what 1619 representative assembly, the first such in America?
An outbreak of malaria cut short the inaugural meeting of this body consisting of twenty-two members.
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