World History 1
This law passed by Parliament in 1765 put a tax on printed materials produced and sold in the American colonies
What is the Stamp Act
He wrote the Declaration of Independence and presented it to the Continental Congress.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This is known as the bloodiest period in the French Revolution.
What is The Reign of Terror
This event marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
What is the storming of the Bastille
This Outbreak included what became known as the "Shot heard around the world", beginning the American Revolutionary War.
What is the battles of Lexington and Concord.
This 1773 event was an American response to British duties placed on imported goods
What is the Boston Tea Party
These were military dictators who took power in Latin America after the Spanish were driven out.
Who are caudillos
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte
This was the location of the final battle of the Revolutionary War that ensured American independence take place.
What is Yorktown
He was the leading figure during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
Maximilien Robespierre
He was commander of the Continental Army who endured terrible hardships with his men and won a great victory at Yorktown.
Who is George Washington
This country resisted change and continued to practice serfdom well into the 18th century.
What is Russia
Napoleon saved this famous French landmark from demolition.
What is Notre Dame Cathedral
Thomas Jefferson accused this man of tyranny in the Declaration of Independence.
King George III
South American patriot who was known as "The Liberator".
Who is Simon Bolivar
He had Enlightenment principles that Thomas Jefferson built upon when he drafted the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke
This Russian tsar travelled around Europe in disguise so he could see for himself how western technology worked.
Who is Peter the Great
This Russian tsar refused to surrender to Napoleon in 1812, even after Moscow had been captured and burned
Who is Alexander I
This former Portuguese colony is the largest county in Latin America.
What is Brazil
This city was built by Peter the Great to serve as Russia's new capital.
What is St. Petersburg
Venezuelan soldier who freed Venezuelans from Spanish rule.
Who is Simon Bolivar
He was the ruler of France at the outbreak of the French Revolution
Who is King Louis XVI
This became Russia's "window on the West" after Peter the Great established it for warm water ports for trade.
What is the port of St. Petersburg
In 1789 this document divided power among the three branches of government and became the law of the the land.
What is the U.S. Constitution
This Russian tsar transformed the royal residence in St. Petersburg, the Hermitage, into a center of culture, painting, and the performing arts.
Who is Catherine the Great