Industrial Revolution
What continent did the Industrial Revolution start in?
Europe
What was the government that the Revolutionaries were trying to overthrow
Absolute Monarchy
What country were the colonists attempting to declare their independence from?
Great Britain
What famous American document drew heavily from John Locke's assertion that all people are born with Natural Rights
Declaration of Independence
What was the first successful slave revolt that took place in the Caribbean
The Haitian Revolution
What new system enabled mass production, reducing costs and increasing output
Factory System
Who was the famous Queen of France that is quoted with the infamous line of "Let them eat cake" and later got decapitated during the Reign of Terror
Marie Antoinette
In what year did the United States declare their independence from their controlling country?
1776
John Locke said that everyone is entitled to the right to "Life, Liberty, and __________"
Property
Who was a Venezuelan military officer and statesman who led what are currently the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela to independence from the Spanish Empire.
Simon Bolivar
What American businessman is credited with making the manufacturing assembly line a mainstream practice
Henry Ford
What Corsican military leader seized the power vacuum created by the French Revolution and became France's Emporer
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was the leader of the Continental Army of the United States that led colonial forces to a victory over the British in the siege of Yorktown
George Washington
Reason
Who was the military leader of the Haitian Revolution
Toussaint Louverture
Who's invention of the practical electric light bulb in 1879 allowed factories to operate longer hours, increasing productivity
Thomas Edison
Who was the French revolutionary that led the "Reign of Terror" and eventually ended up getting beheaded himslef
Robespierre
What was the first official battle of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
Baron de Montesquieu created the idea of the "separation of powers" of government. How do the United States government still implement this idea
Three branches of government (Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and Judicial Branch)
Who was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as its first chancellor from 1871 to 1890
Otto Von Bismarck
The _____________ was developed in the 1830s–1840s allowed and for near-instantaneous communication across long distances.
Telegraph
What was the name of the oath signed in 1789 by the third estate that vowed to create a new constitution for France
Tennis Court Oath
What treaty officially ended the American Revolution?
The Treaty of Paris
Who was the English philosopher that wrote "Leviathan" and argued that people left to their own devices would always fall into chaos, so people need a strong leader
Thomas Hobbes
Name one of the leaders from the Unification of Italy
1. Giuseppe Garibaldi
2. Victor Emmanuel II
3. Giuseppe Mazzini