House of Burgesses 下议院(殖民地时期弗吉尼亚及马里兰州的民选政府)
- He became a councilor and sat as a member of the House of Burgesses.
他成为了议员,而且成了伯吉斯家族的一员。 - Image: Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses by Peter F. Rothermel –Thomas Jefferson is seated.
上图为帕特里克·亨利在弗吉尼亚州众议院的伯吉西斯楼发表演说。 - By 1770 he was an experienced leader—a vestryman, a justice of the peace, and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
1770年,作为教区委员,维护秩序的法官,以及弗吉尼亚地方的下议院议员,华盛顿已经成为一个富有经验的领导者。
house of burgesses[ noun ]
the lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia
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