The Virginia House of Burgesses was important in the development of colonial America because it was the first attempt to - o start a plantation system of farming
o practice representative democracy
O protest against mercantilism
O establish religious freedom

- three-quarters or two-thirds..

- "the constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the house of representatives and the senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures."

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