At the light-colored extreme are rocks made up mainly of quartz and the feldspars, with about 70% silica. Such rocks are called granitic rock. Rocks which contain large amounts of the ferromagnesian dark matter and about 50% silica are said to have basaltic composition.
It became the House of Burgesses â the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly met on July 30, 1619, in the church at Jamestown. Present were Governor Yeardley, Council, and 22 burgesses representing 11 plantations (or settlements) Burgesses were elected representatives.
The Iroquois name for themselves is âHaudenosauneeâ which means âPeople of the Longhouseâ. The longhouse symbolizes a way of life where the Six Nations Confederacy live under one common law, think with one mind and speak with one voice. That law is called âGien na sah nah gonahâ the Great Law of Peace.