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George Rogers Clark | Frontier fighter who captured forts in the west allowing the U.S. to claim this land after the Revolutionary War. |
John Paul Jones | Naval officer during the American Revolution. |
"Lighthorse" Harry Lee | Cavalry officer during the Revolutionary War. |
James Madison | Known as the "Father of the Constitution." Fourth President of U.S. |
George Mason | Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, the document the Bill of Rights is based on. |
George Washington | Leader of the Revolutionary Army. First President of the U.S. |
John Marshall | Fourth Chief Justice of the U.S. |
Edmund Randolph | Governor of Virginia and First Attorney General of The U.S. |
James Lafayette | An enslaved African American who spied for the Patriots during the American Revolution. Freed after the war. |
Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty of give me death."Spoke out against stamp act. |
Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Dec. of Independence, 3rd president. |
George Wythe | Wrote original Va. protest to the Stamp Act, signed Dec. of Independence |