WYATT, SIR FRANCIS
\wˈa͡ɪat], \wˈaɪat], \w_ˈaɪ__a_t]\
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(1575-1644), was appointed Governor of Virginia in 1621. He brought from England a constitution upon which subsequent forms of government in the colonies were modeled. Trial by jury, an annual assembly convoked by the Governor, an executive veto power, and the concurrence of the Virginia Company and the Colonial Assembly in all acts, were features. He governed from 1621 to 1626 and from 1639 to 1642.
By John Franklin Jameson
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