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Jamestown
A former village on the ___ River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk
governor
The head of a state ___
economic
Of or relating to an ___, the system of production and management of material wealth
James River
A ___ in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
council
A body serving in an administrative capacity
English
Language spoken in the USA and the UK
burgesses
English writer of satirical novels (plural)
permanent
A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
charters
A document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights (plural)
North America
A continent in the western hemisphere connected to South ___ by the Isthmus of Panama
London
The capital and largest city of England
servants
In a subordinate position (plural)
stockholders
Someone who holds shares of ___ in a corporation (plural)
peninsula
A large mass of land projecting into a body of water
indentured
To bind by or as if by ___, as of an apprentice or servant
Powhatan
Indian chief and founder of the ___ confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia
silver
A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal
Indians
A native or inhabitant of ___ (plural)
assembly
A group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
gold
Shiny yellow metal used in jewelry
Pocahontas
A Powhatan woman who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John
crops
The yield from plants in a single growing season (plural)
corn
Yellow vegetable that grows in ears
John Smith
English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia

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