Jamestown
you don't work, you don't eat.
John Smith
"Give me Liberty or give me death".
Patrick Henry
President from 1860-1865?
Abraham Lincoln.
What branch of the Virginia Government makes the laws?
Legislative Branch
What caused the Great Depression?
Stock Markey crash.
Name of the first English colony in North America?
Roanoke Colony
commander of the continental army?
George Washington
General of the Union Army?
Ulysses S. Grant.
What branch of government is responsible for the court system?
The judicial branch
What sport did Arthur Ashe play?
Tennis
What year did most women come to Jamestown?
1620
What document gave us our freedom from England?
The declaration of Independence.
What were the names of the two iron clad war ships that fought in the Chesapeake Bay?
Monitor and Merrimack
What was the name of the British government system?
Parliament
What deadly virus spread throughout the world from 1918-1920?
Spanish Flu.
What two groups were the English trying to protect against at Jamestown?
Spanish and the Native Americans.
Only major battle in Virginia?
Yorktown
What civil war battle did Clara Barton take part in?
Fredericksburg
The governor of Virginia belongs to what branch of government?
Executive Branch
Who said " I have a dream"?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What was the first major cash crop in Virginia and who stole the seeds from the Spanish?
Tobacco and John Rolfe.
Writer of the Virginia Statue of Religious Freedoms?
Thomas Jefferson
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender at?
Appomattox Court House.
What was the name of the representative government in colonial Virginia?
The House of Burgesses
Who led massive resistance against integration of public schools?
Harry L. Wilder.