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The Jamestown Settlement

Use this activity to prepare for your next Social Studies Test.

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road mapA map that shows the streets and highways of an area.
JamestownThe first permanent English settlement in North America, located on the James River and settled in 1607.
bypassA road that turns off the main road.
interstate highwayA wide road running between two or more states, usually shown with blue lines on a map.
cash cropA crop that is grown to sell for money.
HenricoThe second English settlement in Virginia, near present-day Richmond.
John SmithEnglish colonist in America whose strict discipline helped the people of Jamestown settlement to survive. "No work, no food," was his motto.
Lord de le WarrGovernor of the Jamestown colony from 1610 to 1611. He returned to England because he became ill.
Christopher NewportCaptain of the ship that brought the first settlers to Jamestown.
PocahontasThe Powhatan chief's daughter who saved John Smith and helped Jamestown to survive. She later married John Rolfe.
John RolfeJamestown colonist who introduced the type of tobacco from the Caribbean that became the cash crop of the colony. He later married Pocahontas.
Thomas DaleGovernor of Jamestown in 1611 and from 1614 to 1616. His strong discipline and wise decisions helped the colony to prosper.
federal highwayRoads in the United States usually shown with red lines on a map.
James IKing 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.

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