Important Virginians SOL Review

Who called the people he found in the lands he explored 'Indians' because he thought he was in the Indies (near China)?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Marco Polo

Who studies all kinds of material evidence left by people from the past?

• Archaeologists

• Geologists

• Biologists

• Astronomers

Who financed Jamestown to make money?

• Stockholders
• King James

• George Washington

• The Government

Who granted charters to the Virginia Company London to establish a settlement in North America, define the physical boundaries of the colony, and extend English rights to the settlers?

• The King of England

• The Governor of Virginia

• The Spanish Monarch

• The House of Burgesses

Who was the 1st President of the USA and is often called the 'Father of our Country'?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

Who is known as the 'Father of the Constitution' and kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention?

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Who inspired patriots from other colonies by saying "give me liberty or give me death"?

• George Mason

• Patrick Henry

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was a French nobleman who volunteered his service to the Continental Army during the American Revolution and contributed to the victory at Yorktown?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• James Lafayette

• Nat Turner

• Harriet Tubman

Who was an enslaved African American from Virginia who served as a spy in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and successfully requested his freedom after the war?

• James Lafayette

• Patrick Henry

• John Brown

• George Mason

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which include freedom of religion and freedom of the press?

• George Mason

• Abraham Lincoln

• Nat Turner

• Harriet Tubman