In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" id="mwLA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown, Virginia</a>, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" id="mwLQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia General Assembly</a>, convenes for the first time.