Revolutions and Independence
Clue: The French Revolution began in 1789 with the storming of this infamous prison in Paris.
Answer: What is the Bastille?
Clue: This French general rose to power at the end of the French Revolution, crowned himself Emperor, and dominated Europe until his defeat at Waterloo
Answer: Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Clue: This German Baroque composer wrote famous sacred works like the St. Matthew Passion and served as cantor at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig
Answer: Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
Clue: The 1836 battle where 183 Texan defenders were killed by General Santa Anna's Mexican army, spawning a famous rally cry
Answer: What is the Battle of the Alamo?
Clue: The 18th-century religious revival across the American colonies led by preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
Answer: What is the First Great Awakening?
Clue: Known as "The Liberator," this South American hero led independence movements across Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia
Answer: Who is Simón Bolívar?
Clue: This Russian empress expanded Russia's borders, promoted Western European culture, and ruled during the late 18th century
Answer: Who is Catherine the Great?
Clue: Born in Austria, this child prodigy composed hundreds of works including The Marriage of Figaro before dying at age 35
Answer: Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Clue: Thomas Jefferson sent these two explorers in 1804 to map the newly acquired Louisiana Territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean
Answer: Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
Clue: English doctor Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine to prevent this deadly disease
Answer: What is Smallpox?
Clue: Led by Toussaint Louverture, this island nation won its independence from France to become the world's first independent black republic
Answer: What is Haiti?
Clue: In 1848, this German philosopher co-authored The Communist Manifesto, laying out the principles of modern socialism and communism
Answer: Who is Karl Marx?
Clue: German-born composer famous for Messiah and his "Hallelujah Chorus," written for performances in England
Answer: Who is George Frideric Handel?
Clue: Known as "Moses," this escaped slave was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, guiding hundreds to freedom
Answer: Who is Harriet Tubman?
Clue: Christian evangelist in Bristol, England, famous for relying entirely on prayer to establish and run orphanages that cared for thousands of children
Answer: Who is George Müller?
Clue: This priest initiated Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain in 1810 with his famous speech, the Grito de Dolores
Answer: Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo?
Clue: This Scottish doctor and missionary began his famous exploration of the interior of Africa in 1841 to spread Christianity and end the slave trade
Answer: Who is David Livingstone?
Clue: This German composer continued to create groundbreaking romantic masterpieces—like his 9th Symphony—even after going completely deaf
Answer: Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
Clue: The forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation and other Native tribes to Oklahoma under the Indian Removal Act of 1830
Answer: What is the Trail of Tears?
Clue: He invented the single-wire electric telegraph system and co-developed the code of dots and dashes used to send messages
Answer: Who is Samuel Morse?
Clue: Following the Napoleonic Wars, Dom Pedro declared the independence of this South American nation from Portugal in 1822, making himself its emperor
Answer: What is Brazil?
Clue: The French radical leader during the Reign of Terror who sent thousands to the guillotine before being executed himself
Answer: Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Clue: The classical musical era transitioned into this emotional, expressive artistic movement during the early 19th century.
Answer: What is the Romantic Era (Romanticism)?
Clue: The global war fought from 1756 to 1763 that began in North America as the French and Indian War
Answer: What is the Seven Years' War?
Clue: The global conflict between 1812 and 1815 in which British forces burned the U.S. White House, leading Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Answer: What is the War of 1812?