Who granted charters to the Virginia Company of London to establish a settlement in North America?

An African American leader from Virginia, who supported equal rights for women. Became the first African American woman to establish and become a bank president in the United States.

Who kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention and was skilled at compromise?

Who led a revolt against slavery in Virginia?

Who served as a contact between the native peoples and the English?

Who was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses? He spoke out about taxation without representation. He was known for his "give me liberty or give me death" speech.

Who was the French general who supported the American colonies during the war for Independence? He helped trained colonial troops and persuaded France to aid the colonies.

Who defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, VA as the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?

An African American sailor and later a Union Naval captain, who was highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroism. Later was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Who was a Virginia governor who was known for a “Pay as You Go” policy for road improvements and he modernized Virginia state government?

Who provided military leadership by serving as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?

Who was an abolitionist who worked as a spy during the Civil War?

Who was the chief of many tribes in the Tidewater region? He provided leadership to his people and taught the settlers survival skills.

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

Who was a nurse in the Civil War that later created the American Red Cross?

Who led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harper's Ferry, VA? He was trying to state a slave rebellion.

Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

Who played a major role in the first Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)?

Who provided leadership in the Jamestown settlement? He established a forced work program and he initiated trading relationships with the native peoples.

Who supported a secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans used? This route became known as the "Underground Railroad".

Who was the winning general who captured Richmond at the end of the Civil War?

Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution?"

Who was an African American spy for the Union Army during the Civil War?

Who led a student strike against segregation in Farmville, Virginia in 1951?

Who led a massive resistance movement against the desegregation of public schools?

Who provided political leadership by expressing the reasons for colonial independence from Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence?

Which of the following was NOT one of the three enslaved men who refused to fight for the Confederate Army and escaped to Fort Monroe?

An abolitionist and political activist and conductor on the Underground Railroad.

An African American lawyer from Virginia who was an abolitionist, recruited black volunteers for the Union Army, was the President of Virginia State University, and was the first African American elected to Congress from Virginia.

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

Which of the following were governors of Virginia?

Who is the current governor of Virginia?