Virginia Studies - Important People

Who had strong leadership at Jamestown and started trading relationships at with the Native Americans?

• John Rolfe

• George Washington

• John Smith

• Pocahontas

Who served as the contact between the English and the Powhatan at Jamestown?

• John Smith

• Pocahontas

• John Rolfe

• Chief Powhatan

Who was the leader of the Powhatan tribe?

• Pocahontas

• John Smith

• Chief Powhatan

• John Rolfe

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason

• Patrick Henry

Who provided military leadership and served as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?

• George Mason

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

Who spoke out against taxation without representation by saying "give me liberty or give me death?"

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Lafayette

• George Mason

• Patrick Henry

Who was a French nobleman who volunteered in the Continental Army and gave James Lafayette his freedom after the Revolutionary War?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Patrick Henry

• James Armistead

• Thomas Jefferson

Who had permission to grant charters to establish a colony in North America?

• John Smith

• King James

• John Rolfe

• Christopher Newport

Who was an enslaved African American that was a spy in the Continental Army?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• James Lafayette

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

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

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason