• Episode 1: The First General Assembly

  • Jan 3 2020
  • Length: 27 mins
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Episode 1: The First General Assembly

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  • Self-rule: the great gift of Jamestown to the American experiment. Jamestown is not what we would call a free society, yet it was crucial in forming our American understanding of the principle of self-governance. Driven out of necessity, members of the colony embraced the influence of common law and parliamentary rule to create the first-ever example of a mixed government system in the western world — and more importantly, the first ever example of self-rule.
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