4th Grade Virginia Historical Figures

I inspired patriots when I spoke out against taxation without representation.

I was a slave from Virginia and I served in the Continental Army. I was freed after the war.

I was the daughter of Powhatan and served as a contact between the Indians and the English.

I was the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War.

I was the first African American winner of a major men's tennis singles championship.

I led a revolt against the plantation owners in Virginia in 1831.

I was the governor of VA and was known for a "Pay as You Go" policy for road improvements.

I called the people I found in the lands I explored "Indians."

I was the 1st African American woman in the U.S. to open a bank and become the bank president.

I led a raid on the U.S. Armory in Harpers Ferry. I was trying to start a slave rebellion.

I was a military leader under Roosevelt and Turman and I created an plan for world peace.

Name the first capital of Virginia.

I supported a secret route that helped slaves escape to freedom during the Civil War.

I rode on horseback to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him.

I am known as the "Father of Our Country" and I was the first president of the United States.

I initiated trading relationships with the native people.

I was the first African American to be elected as a state governor for the United States.

I believed in having a U.S. Constitution and kept notes during the Constitutional Convention.

I was the president during the Civil War. I wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

I was the president from 1913-1921 and I wrote a plan for world peace.

I wrote the Declaration of Independence. It states that power to govern belongs to the people.