The Council shall consist of two Burgesses out of every town, to be respectively chosen by the Inhabitants: Which Council shall be called THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. And this General Assembly shall have free Power to… make, ordain, and enact general Laws and Orders for the said Colony. --Virginia House of Burgesses

Which idea from the Virginia House of Burgesses do we see in our representative government today?

"neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the united states, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." - the thirteenth amendment to the united states constitution, 1865 which statement describes the effect that the thirteenth amendment had on american society? a) male freedmen were given the right to vote. b) slavery was made illegal in the united states. c) ex-slaves were given united states citizenship. d) southern states were no longer allowed to use convicts as labor.