Determine whether each description applies to the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, or both helped establish
the government
of Virginia
helped establish
the government
of Massachusetts
signed by 42
adult male
Settlers
elected by male
Bettlers age 17
and older
became a
foundation for
self-government
in America
House of Burgesses
Both
Mayflower Compact

House of Burgesses: helped establish the government of Virginia. signed by 42 adult male Settlers.

both: became a foundation for self-government in America.

Mayflower Compact:helped establish the government of Massachusetts. elected by male Bettlers age 17 and older.

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion