Historical Marker

American Encampment

Historical marker location:
Yorktown, Virginia
( Marker is on Historical Tour Road, on the right when traveling west.)

1781 Siege of Yorktown. Colonial National Historical Park.

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.
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