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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 .

虽然殖民地议会（houseofburgesses）还允许政府的统治，但国王任命了一个总督来解决争端和执行某些英国的政策

He was a member of the virginia house of burgesses and of the continental congress before he took command of the american revolutionary army .

在他出任革命军统帅以前，他曾任弗吉尼亚州下议院议员和大陆会议代表。