U.S. Beginning to 1900
What the colonists were protesting during the Boston Tea Party
The Stamp Act
This monarch popularizes the white wedding dress
Queen Victoria
This one is still around today
The Pyramids at Giza
This local author wrote Silent Spring which revolutionized environmentalism
Rachel Carson
The first capital city of the U.S.
New York City
This wife of Henry VIII lived the longest
Catherine of Aragon
This paradise likely smelled very nice
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
This woman was the first African American woman elected to congress and the first to run for President of the US
Shirley Chisholm
He was the shortest serving U.S. president
William Henry Harrison
He was the first King to be buried in Westminster Abbey
Edward the Confessor
This statue of Helios fell victim to an earthquake
Colossus at Rhodes
This was the first country to grant women's suffrage
New Zealand
This president was the first to declare war
James Madison
This is a common genetic disease for European monarchs
hemophilia
This structure was once the tallest in the world. You could probably see the library from the top!
the Pharos, or the Lighthouse at Alexandria
She performed a concert on Easter Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial to protest segregation
Marian Anderson
This state is considered the first in America
Delaware
Edward VIII
This ancient Anatolian city's most famous ruler was a woman
Halicarnassus
Jeanette Rankin