Important Virginians

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Patrick Henry

Who inspired other patriots and gave a famous speech saying "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death."

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• James Madison

Who took detailed notes and believed in the importance of having a United States Constitution?

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Who was known as "The Father of Our Country?"

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• James Madison

Who supported a secret route that escaped Africans took called the Underground Railroad?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Nat Turner

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

Who led a raid on the US arsenal at Harpers Ferry?

• Nat Turner

• Robert E. Lee

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

Who's first job was to survey and explore the Great Dismal Swamp?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

Who called the people he found in the land Indians because he thought he had arrived in the Indies?

• John Smith

• Christopher Newport

• Chief Powhatan

• Christopher Columbus

Who said, "Those who will not work, will not eat"?

• Pocahontas

• Powhatan

• John Smith

• Christopher Columbus

Who was the first African American to win tennis singles championship and was also an author and eloquent spokesman for social change?

• L. Douglas Wilder
• Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
• Woodrow Wilson
• A. Linwood Holton, Jr.