Science and Inventions
He was the scientist who developed the "laws of gravity."
Issac Newton
This colonist said "give me liberty or give me death!" in response to Britain's oppression of the colonies.
Patrick Henry
After the English helped a general defend the city of Bengal, he had to follow their rules. This was the beginning of English colonization and control of this eastern country.
India
This man saved the Americans from surprise attack by the British by shouting "the British are coming!"
Paul Revere
This branch of government makes laws, declares war, and makes treaties.
Legislative Branch
This invention was perfected in 1769 by James Watt, and changed the way work and travel was done in the West.
Steam engine
This Russian empress was well-loved by the people and led a rebellion against her husband to capture the throne. She brought Western ideas to Russia, but gave more power to the noblemen and left the peasants even poorer than before.
Catherine the Great
England and France (with some help from their Native American allies) were fighting for control of North America in this war. George Washington led the English to victory by rubbing dirt on their coats and hiding in the trees.
The French and Indian War
This man wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
The President belongs to this branch of government.
The Executive Branch
After the American colonies rebelled, Britain couldn't send their prisoners to America anymore. Instead they decided to send their prisoners to the English colony in this country.
Australia
This country refused to trade with the West, believing that they were the "Central Civilization" and had everything they needed.
China
The French peasants of the Third Estate stormed the Bastille, the royal prison, to get gunpowder. This began the ____________________!
French Revolution
The colonists responded to British taxes on tea by dumping tea into the harbor, an event that is known as the __________.
Boston Tea Party
These amendments (additions) to the Constitution were added to protect the rights of the people. Many more have been added since!
The Bill of Rights
This invention changed the lives of plantation owners and enslaved people by reducing the amount of time that it took to clean cotton.
Cotton Gin
This "great" Russian leader wanted Russia to be more like Western Europe. He captured the Baltic Sea to trade with the West and built a new capital city called St. Petersburg.
Peter the Great
Napoleon sold France's land to the United States in a deal called the ____________.
Louisiana Purchase
Name two things that the British did to annoy the American colonists before the Revolution.
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, quartering soldiers, taxes on tea, Boston Massacre
The colonists who wanted a strong federal government to help unify the states were called _________. The colonists who wanted strong state governments to stop the federal government from becoming too powerful were called ________________.
This is the name of the time period when the ideas of scientists and philosophers like Isaac Newton and John Locke became popular.
The Enlightenment
This French general invaded countries to bring himself more power, and soon rewrote the constitution and became the emperor of France.
Napoleon
This big empire wanted to make the West part of their empire, so they attacked by digging tunnels underneath the city. They were defeated, and their empire began to shrink.
The Ottoman Turks
The country joined the Americans in the fight against the British during the Revolution.
France
In this system of government (like in post-revolution France), only some of the citizens (usually the rich) have the power to rule.
Oligarchy