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Was a Jamestown Gov. The Father of U.S. Democracy? America s Hidden Stories | Smithsonian Channel

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In 1619, George Yeardley, the newly appointed governor of Jamestown made history: he convened 22 elected members of a burgeoning commonwealth, creating the first democratic assembly in America....

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