World Connections
This problem, often faced by Henry Hudson and other explorers, prevented them from finding a "Northwest Passage".
What is ice?
This war gave the American colonies independence from Britain.
What is The American Revolution?
This English ship carried the Pilgrims to the New World.
What is the Mayflower?
This French king was known as the “Sun King” who built Versailles.
Who was Louis XIV?
This 1776 document announced the colonies’ freedom from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This country helped the American colonists fight against Great Britain for their independence.
What is France?
This group of Christians was forced to pay a fine for not attending Anglican church services under King James I.
Who were the Catholics?
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This was a terrible sickness plaguing London when James I was crowned king.
What is the Black Plaque?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This English company gained control of India.
What is the East India Company?
This man planned the "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up the English Parliament building.
Who is Guy Fawkes?
When Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe, he was looking for this.
What is India?
The title Charles V desired when he was king
What is Holy Roman Emperor?
These colonial soldiers were ready to fight the British at a moment’s notice.
Who were the Minutemen?
Today, the land once known as Persia is called this country.
What is Iran?
This disaster began when a small spark in a baker’s oven set nearby houses on fire.
What is the Great Fire of London?
What explorer helped map the coast of Australia?
Captain James Cook
King James I believed his right to rule came directly from God, a concept called this.
What is the "divine right of kings"?
This law required the colonists to pay a special tax for items such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
He became “czar” of Russia, built St. Petersburg, and tried to make Russia more western.
Who was Peter the Great?
What empire in the Middle East declined as Europe grew stronger during this period?
The Ottoman Empire
This region became known as “New Netherlands” before it was taken by England.
What was New York?
This English king that was executed after the Civil War.
Who is Charles I?
This war, also known as the Seven Years' War, resulted in Great Britain needing to tax its American colonies to pay off debt.
What is the French and Indian War?