Thomas Jefferson

Historical marker location:

Charlottesville, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Richmond Road (U.S. 250) 0.9 miles east of Exit 124 (Interstate 64).)

Marker installed: 1926

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.