Which early colonial
government was more like a
republic?

Jamestown was founded by a private corporation chartered by King James I, the Virginia Company. It was originally governed by a council, usually run by a council president, until 1619, when it formed a general assembly, reputedly the first representative government in British North America.

Starting in 1 61 9, it was governed by a

democratically elected body. That body still exists today 400 years later the

Virginia General Assembly It is the oldest

continuous democratic institution anywhere in the Americas.

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