Actually the House was composed of elected people from colonies; the folks of Virginia would vote for their representatives who dominated the House. And they were voted by the local inhabitants and I don't think the spanish and french had anything but a royal governer and a bureacracy
Answer:
The House of Burgesses distinguishes the English colony of Virginia from the Spanish and French colonies in the Americas, because the English kings who ruled the 13 original colonies reserved the right to decide the fate of their colonies as well, but not alone. The colonists drew upon their claims to traditional English rights and insisted on raising their own representative assemblies. Such was the case with the Virginia House of Burgesses, the first popularly elected legislature in the New World.
Explanation:
Although many differences separated Spain and France from England, perhaps the factor that contributed most to distinct paths of colonization was the form of their government.
Spain and France had absolute monarchies, but Britain had a limited monarchy. In New France and New Spain, all authority flowed from the Crown to the settlers, with no input from below.
