Jamestown Vocabulary
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Here are a few that got missed!
agriculture
 The growing of crops and the raising of animals for food and
trade.
assembly
 A group of people gathered together for a common purpose.
Legislative
 Having the power to make laws
borough
 A part of a city or county in charge of local matters, it was
first used in England as a way to divide land by making
places with a market and a church.
Fort Henrico
 Port and settlement on the upper James River, built by the
Jamestown colony in 1611
General Assembly
 The colonial legislature of VA, established in 1619