This provoked a great outcry among the local burgesses ;
这件事使当地的士绅们大嚷起来。
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。
This was not the first occasion upon which burgesses were called to westminster , but on previous occasions they served merely a consultative role .
这并不是第一个地方议员被召到威斯敏斯特的情形，但是在前几次中，地方议员只是起协商的作用。
While the house of burgesses was still allowed to run the government , the king nevertheless appointed a royal governor to settle disputes and enforce certain british policies .
