Pocahontas

1
Pocahontas

• Helped create peace between Native Americans and
  the first English settlers
• Married John Rolfe

2
Chief Powhatan

• Father of Pocahontas
• Chief of Powhatan tribe

3
Christopher Columbus

• Thought he landed in the West Indies (near China)
• Named the people he found there Indians

4
General Cornwallis

• General of the British army during the American
  Revolution
• Surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown to
  end the war

5
James Armistead Lafayette

• He was a spy for the Continental Army
• Won his freedom from slavery after the war

6
James Monroe

• Wrote the Monroe Doctrine which no longer allowed
  European countries to interfere in America

7
Woodrow Wilson

• President of the United States during World War I
• Born in Staunton, Virginia

8
Nat Turner

• A slave who led a revolt against plantation
  owners in Virginia.
• Was captured and hanged.

9
John Brown

• Led a raid at an arsenal, where weapons were
  stored, at Harpers Ferry.
• Wanted to start a slave rebellion against owners.
• Was captured and hanged.

10
J.E.B. Stuart

• A Confederate Army General from Virginia during
  the Civil War
• Followed Lees orders to crush John Browns raid
  at Harpers Ferry
• Died in 1864 and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery
• The Eyes of the Confederacy

11
Thomas Jackson

• General in the Confederate Army.
• Was a leader at the first Battle of Bull Run.
• Got his nickname Stonewall for standing like a
  stone wall in battle.
• Died of pneumonia after being accidentally shot
  by one of his own soldiers.

12
Jefferson Davis

• President of the Confederate States of America.
• Was found guilty of treason at the end of the
  war, and spent two years in prison.
• Treason Trying to over throw the government.

13
Harriet Tubman

• A former slave that helped other slaves find
  freedom by leading them from the South.
• These routes became known as the Underground
  Railroad.

14
John Smith

• John Smith was the leader of Jamestown.
• He created the forced work program.
• Forced Work Program Those who wanted food to eat
  had to farm the land.

15
James Madison

• Kept detailed notes during the Constitutional
  Convention.
• Known as the Father of the Constitution.
• Was the fourth president of the United States.
• Known for his compromise.
• Making an agreement when both sides give up
  something.

16
L. Douglas Wilder

• Wilder was first a state senator in 1969.
• After, Wilder was the first African American
  elected to be a governor in the United States.
• Today, Wilder is the mayor of Richmond.

17
Arthur Ashe

• Arthur was the first African American winner of a
  major mens tennis tournament.
• He was also an author and a voice for social
  change and civil rights around the world.

18
Harry F. Byrd

• Started the Pay As You Go program for road
  improvements.
• Also led the Massive Resistance movement, that
  was against the integration of Virginias schools.

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Maggie L. Walker

• Maggie was the first African American to be a
  bank president.
• Maggie was also the first women to become a bank
  president.