At the light-colored extreme are rocks made up mainly of quartz and the feldspars, with about 70% silica. Such rocks are called granitic rock. Rocks which contain large amounts of the ferromagnesian dark matter and about 50% silica are said to have basaltic composition.
It became the House of Burgesses â the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly met on July 30, 1619, in the church at Jamestown. Present were Governor Yeardley, Council, and 22 burgesses representing 11 plantations (or settlements) Burgesses were elected representatives.
*Acquitted - declared not guilty. *colonization - the establishment of a colony or colonies. *burgess - a member of the lower house of the colonial legislature in Virginia. *dissenter - a protestant in England or Scotland who belongs to some church other than the established church. *immigrant - a person who comes into a foreign country or region to live.