Chapter 17
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washingtion
Who was the first Protestant king of France?
Henry IV
Prince of Preachers
Charles H. Spurgeon
Who invented the reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
What English author is the greatest writer the world has ever known?
William Shakespeare
Who was the ruler of England during the U.S. War for Independence?
George III
What type of government did Louis XIV establish when he set up various councils of state?
bureaucratic
first black bishop of the Church of England
Samuel Adjai Crowther
Who engineered the Model T?
Henry Ford
Who is the Father of the English Hymn?
Isaac Watts
Who is considered the Father of American History?
William Bradford
What country did Napoleon try to cut off with the Continental System?
England
What British prime minister divided Canada into two parts?
William Pitt
Who discovered the universal law of gravitation?
Isaac Newton
Who wrote the greatest poem in the English language
John Milton
Who published History of the United States?
Noah Webster
Whose reign was known as the July Monarchy?
Louis Philippe
Under whose rule did Britain began to decline?
Edward VII
WHo stated theories of relativity?
Albert Einstein
Who was a child prodigy and wrote The Magic Flute?
Mozart
What covenant allowed unconverted relatives of church members to join the churches?
Half-way Covenant
What Estate declared itself to be the National Assembly of France?
Third Estate
Who was the renowned leader of the British Conservative party?
Benjamin Disraeli
What is the confused idea that the stars, rather than the Creator of the stars, rule the destinies of men?
Astrology
Who was the greatest of the many Dutch masters of art?
Rembrandt van Rijn