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| road map | A map that shows the streets and highways of an area. |
| Jamestown | The first permanent English settlement in North America, located on the James River and settled in 1607. |
| bypass | A road that turns off the main road. |
| interstate highway | A wide road running between two or more states, usually shown with blue lines on a map. |
| cash crop | A crop that is grown to sell for money. |
| Henrico | The second English settlement in Virginia, near present-day Richmond. |
| John Smith | English colonist in America whose strict discipline helped the people of Jamestown settlement to survive. "No work, no food," was his motto. |
| Lord de le Warr | Governor of the Jamestown colony from 1610 to 1611. He returned to England because he became ill. |
| Christopher Newport | Captain of the ship that brought the first settlers to Jamestown. |
| Pocahontas | The Powhatan chief's daughter who saved John Smith and helped Jamestown to survive. She later married John Rolfe. |
| John Rolfe | Jamestown colonist who introduced the type of tobacco from the Caribbean that became the cash crop of the colony. He later married Pocahontas. |
| Thomas Dale | Governor of Jamestown in 1611 and from 1614 to 1616. His strong discipline and wise decisions helped the colony to prosper. |
| federal highway | Roads in the United States usually shown with red lines on a map. |
| James I | King of England after Elizabeth I died. In 1606, he gave a charter to the Virginia Company of London to start a colony in the new World. |