Russia Events
This radical political change took place in 1905 in response to the Bloody Sunday massacre.
What was the creation of the Duma?
In response to the Intolerable Acts, representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies convened in Philadelphia for this event.
What was the First Constitutional Congress?
This person led colonial forces to key victories in the revolutionary war, most notably at the Battle of Trenton and the Siege of Yorktown.
This piece of legislation marked the beginning of limited constitutional monarchy in Russia.
What was the October Manifesto?
This battle began with a single, mysterious shot that no one could trace. This first shot became legendary as the "shot heard ‘round the world".
The establishment of this new political system of rule began following the February Revolution.
What was the Provisional Government?
This piece of legislation restricted American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains to prevent conflict with Native Americans.
What was the Proclamation? (1763)
This person was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This piece of legislation abolished private ownership of land, declaring all land to be the property of the people.
What was the Decree on Land?
This group struggled with severe shortages of supplies, including food, clothing, weapons, and ammunition.
What was the Continental Army?
This significant political and military crisis took place in August 1917.
This was a major popular reaction to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine near Boston by British soldiers under orders from General Thomas Gage.
What were the Powder Alarms.
This person was a key organizer of resistance against British policies, particularly the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts. He helped organize the Boston Tea Party (1773) and played a significant role in the early Revolutionary movement in Massachusetts.
Who was Samuel Adams?
This piece of legislation led to mass executions, the establishment of Cheka (the Soviet secret police), and repressive policies against political opposition.
What was the Red Terror Decrees? (1918)
This person is often credited with making the first American flag in 1776.
Who is Betsy Ross?
This practice was used by the Tsarina and Rasputin to change positions of individuals in the Duma.
What was Ministerial Leapfrog?
This event advocated a union of the British colonies in North America for their security and defence against the French, foreshadowing their later unification.
What was the Albany Congress (1754)?
This person was instrumental in drafting the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. He later became the fourth President of the United States.
Who was James Madison?
This piece of legislation led to the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in March 1918, officially withdrawing Russia from the war.
What was the Decree on Peace?
These radical demands called for "peace, land, and bread" and urged immediate withdrawal from World War I.
What were Lenin's April Theses?
This event occurred at Finland Station in St Petersburg in April 1917.
What was the arrival of Lenin back to Russia.
This occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, and was the first move in a complex and surprise military manoeuvre and attack.
What was Washington crossing the Delaware River?
This person is famous for his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech, which helped inspire colonial resistance to British rule. He was a strong advocate for individual rights and a critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution without a Bill of Rights.
Who is Patrick Henry?
This series of legislation formalized the one-party state, where the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party held a monopoly on power.
What was War Communism?
This person predicted his own death, somewhat accurately.
Who was Rasputin?