A | B |
George Washington | Father of Our Country |
Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence |
Patrick Henry | Spoke out against taxation without representation |
George Mason | Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights |
John Smith | Had a strict work policy |
Pocahontas | Believed colonists and Native Ameircans could live in harmony |
James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
Maggie Lena Walker | First woman bank president |
L. Douglas Wilder | First African American governor |
Arthur Ashe | First African American to win a major men's tennis championship |
Harry F. Byrd, Sr. | Led a Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of public schools |
Robert E. Lee | Played a major role in the Battle of Fredericksburg |
Stonewall Jackson | Played a major role in the Battle of Bull Run |
James Armistead Lafayette | Served as a spy in the Continental Army |
Nat Turner | Led a slave revolt against plantation owners |
John Brown | Was hanged for trying to start a slave rebellion |
Harriet Tubman | Supported the Underground Railroad |