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This 1773 event was an American response to British duties placed on imported goods like tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
Thomas Jefferson accused this person of tyranny in the Declaration of Independence.
Who is King George III?
100
This Russian tsar helped defeat Napoleon and saw himself as the leader of European monarchs who opposed revolutionary change.
Who is Alexander I?
100
This document, which really angered King George III, was written by Thomas Jefferson and presented to the Continental Congress.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
This famous French landmark was saved by Napoleon from demolition.
What is the Notre Dame Cathedral?
200
He joined a coup that overthrew the Directory in France, crowned himself emperor and had to retreat from his war in Russia.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
200
This American document proclaimed that "we the people" are the source of the basic law of the land.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
200
This law passed by Parliament in 1765, put a tax on printed legal documents like wills and contracts produced and sold in the American colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
The bloodiest period in the French Revolution was called the _______ of _______.
What is the Reign of Terror?
200
Thomas Jefferson built upon the Enlightenment principles of J____ L____ when he drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
300
The final battle of the Revolutionary War that ensured American independence took place in Y_______.
What is Yorktown?
300
This Russian tsar traveled around Europe in disguise so he could see for himself how western technology worked.
Who is Peter the Great?
300
He led the Continental Army in the final decisive battle of the Revolutionary War at Yorktown.
Who is George Washington?
300
This South American patriot of Irish descent became the leader of newly independent Chile.
Who is Bernardo O'Higgins?
300
American colonists became upset with English rule in the 1760s because they were not represented with a vote in the British Parliament, who were voting on taxes that would impact the colonists. This was called _________ _________ _________.
What is taxation without representation?
400
The Storming of the __________ marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
400
The "Shot heard around the world." was fired and started the outbreak of colonial vs. British fighting in L_____________.
What is Lexington?
400
The ______ system of French society was affected by the adoption of the Napoleonic Code. (Laws regarding religious liberty, property, equality, etc.)
What is the legal system?
400
This term refers to the military dictators who took power in Latin America after the Spanish were driven out.
What are caudillos?
400
This French king was executed during the French Revolution.
Who is Louis XVI (16th)?
500
This South American patriot was known as "The Liberator" for freeing Venezuela from Spanish rule. (Hint: S_____ B_______)
Who is Simón Bolívar?
500
This Russian empress transformed the royal residence in St. Petersburg, the Hermitage, into a center of culture, painting, and the performing arts.
Who is Catherine the Great?
500
This Spanish colony gained its independence, in part, due to the efforts and sacrifice of a village priest named Father Hidalgo.
What is Mexico?
500
He was the leading figure during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror before Napoleon.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
500
In what war did France side with the Americans and send its fleet to blockade the British army at Yorktown.
What is the Revolutionary War?