The End of the Virginia House of Burgesses
157 years of legislative history comes to an end with the last meeting of the House of Burgesses. The clerk, George Wythe, records in its journal that "Several Members met, but did neither proceed to Business, nor adjourn, as a House of Burgesses."
See the events in Williamsburg and other cities that created a revolutionary movement.
Follow the ways that religion informed revolutionary thought.
From clothing to theater, trace the impact of taste on empire and revolution.
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