Virginia Studies People

Colonial Times

100

I was a contact between the colonists and the Powhatans. I was the daughter of Powhatan. 

Pocohontas

200

I granted the charter to the London Company to start the settlement at Jamestown. 

King James 

300

I was the leader of the people who lived at Wicomoco. 

Powhatan 

400

We were the group of people who were forced to come and work on plantations. 

Africans 

500

We were the group of people who came to Jamestown and allowed the settlers to start families. 

Women 

Revolutionary War

100

I was the person who wrote the Declaration of Rights. 

George Mason 

200

I wrote the declaration of independence

Thomas Jefferson

300

I said "Give me liberty or give me death!"

Patrick Henry

400

We were the group of people who wanted to stay part of England and not be independent. 

Loyalists

500

I took notes during the constitutional convention and helped the members compromise. 

James Madison

Civil War

100

The first battle of Bull Run was won by the south and this general. 

Stonewall Jackson 

200

I was an abolitionist. I stole weapons at the armory in Harper's Ferry and tried to start a rebellion. 

John Brown

300

We seceded from the United States and started our own country. Jefferson Davis was our president. 

Confederates 

400

I was an enslaved African. I started a rebellion against the slave owners in Virginia. 

Nat Turner 

500

I was the leader of the Army of Northern Virginia. I defeated the Union troops at Fredricksburg. 

Lee 

Civil Rights

100

I started a bank in Richmond because I wanted all people to have equal rights with taking care of money. 

Maggie Walker 

200

I was a governor. I started the pay as you go plan for road improvements. I also was in favor of massive resistance. 

Harry Byrd 

300

I was a governor. I helped diversify our government by hiring women and people of color to work in the capital. 

Holton 

400

We were a team. One of us led a strike against schools because they were segregated, and one of us was the lawyer who helped. 

Johns and Hill 

500

I was the first African American elected governor in any state. 

Wilder 

Misc

100

This branch of the government is responsible for making the laws. 

Legislative 

200

This branch of the government is responsible for making sure the laws are fair and follow the constitution. 

Judicial

300

When I was elected president, some states seceded because they knew I was an abolitionist. 

Lincoln

400

Jim Crow laws were created to discriminate against this group of people. 

African Americans 

500

I was a spy during the Civil war. I was born enslaved but was freed and worked in the confederate white house. 

Mary Bowser