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WorksheetsVirginia History-Notable People
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Who was elected as the first president of
the United States?
This person explored and surveyed the Dismal Swamp.
Who called the people he found in the lands he explored “Indians” because he thought he was in the Indies
(near China)?
Who granted the charters to the Virginia Company of London?
Who served as a contact between the native people
and the English?
This person provided leadership to his people and
taught the settlers survival skills.
This person initiated (started) trading
relationships with the native peoples.
Who helped to ensure the
survival of the Jamestown
colony by starting a forced
work program?
This document states that the authority to govern (rule) belongs to the people rather than to kings.
Who wrote that document?
Who provided military leadership by serving as
commander-in-chief of the
Continental Army?
Who spoke out against
taxation without
representation?
Who said,
“...give me
liberty or give me
death!”
This person won his
freedom after serving in
the Continental Army.
Who rode on horseback through
the backwoods of Virginia to
Charlottesville to warn Thomas
Jefferson the British were coming
to arrest him?
The Declaration of Independence
says that all people are created
equal and have rights to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness. Who
wrote that document?
Who provided political leadership
by expressing the reasons for
colonial independence from Great
Britain in the Declaration of
Independence?
Who kept detailed notes
during the Constitutional
Convention?
Who wrote the Virginia
Declaration of Rights?
Who supported a secret
route that escaped slaves
took?
Who played a major role
at the first Battle of Bull
(or Manassas)?
Some states seceded
after the election of
this president in 1860.
Who led a revolt
against plantation
owners in Virginia?
This person wrote a document
that states that all Virginians
have many rights including
freedom of religion and
freedom of press.
This person believed in
the importance of having
a constitution.
Who tried to start a slave
rebellion at the U.S. Armory
at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
but was unsuccessful?
Who wrote the Virginia
Statute for Religious
Freedom?
Who helped the delegates to
reach agreements during the
writing of the Constitution?
Who provided a model
for future presidents?
The Underground
Railroad was led by this
person.
Who is known as
“Father of the
Constitution”?
Who is known as
“Father of our country?"
Who did Richmond fall to
as it was burned near the
end of the war?
Who was the Commander
of the Army of Northern
Virginia?
Which person was the first
African American woman in the
U.S. to establish a bank and
become a bank president?
Who surrendered his
army at Appomattox Court
House, Virginia?
Who was a governor of Virginia
and promoted racial equality by
appointing many African
Americans to positions in state
government?
Who was the first
African American
governor to be elected in
the United States?
This person led a
student strike against
segregation in 1951.
Our current leader of the
executive branch of
government in Virginia is who?
Who helped the patriots
to be victorious at the
Battle of Yorktown?
This person was a lawyer and
civil rights leader who worked for
equal rights of African Americans
and played a key role in the
Brown v. Board of Education
court decision.
This person used the
Union navy to blockade
southern ports.
Who led the Massive
Resistance Movement against
the desegregation of public
schools in Virginia?
This person was a 20th
century president who wrote
a plan for world peace.
Who modernized
Virginia’s state
government?
This person was the first
African American winner of a
major men’s tennis singles
championship.
