Vaunted Victorians
This acclaimed gothic novel was written by the daughter of a prominent feminist who married one of the most iconic Romantic poets of the 19th century.
Frankenstein
This document, signed by King John, redefined and limited royal power. It serves as an early example of protection from tyranny and civil rights.
The Magna Carta
This stele contains the best-preserved and most extensive body of laws from the ancient Near-East.
The Code of Hammurabi
This man, famous for being the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, was the first elected governor of Massachusetts.
Originating from the Indo-European language group, this language is the ancestor of the 5 Romance languages.
Latin
The only work written by the youngest of a trio of famous author sisters, this novel is one of the most famous ‘romances’ of all time.
Wuthering Heights
This French Revolution document proclaimed liberty, property, and resistance to oppression as rights.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
A famous preserved complaint, written in cuneiform, was addressed to this Sumerian merchant in c. 1750 BCE.
Ea-Nasir
Massachusetts was one of the 13 original states - but which number? (Ex. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc)
6th Colony, incorporated in 1788
This iteration of English originated from Germanic tribes of Northern Europe during their migration to Britain.
Old English
This novel, written by Charles Dickens, was his first and paved the way for the serialization of his later novels.
Pickwick Papers
This 1690 work by John Locke argued that government derives power from the consent of the governed.
Two Treatises of Government
This female pharaoh ruled Egypt from 1479–1458 BCE.
Queen Hatshepsut
This man was the first elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 - hint, he is also the mind behind the famous “City on a Hill” sermon!
John Winthrop
One of the oldest written languages in the world, this originated in city-states like Ur in Mesopotamia.
Sumerian
The Brontë sisters famously first published their novels under nom de plumes to conceal their gender. Name one of the nom de plumes.
Currer Bell, Acton Bell, Ellis Bell
This treaty (really two) ended the religious conflicts of the Reformation and established the modern conception of the nation state.
Peace of Westphalia
These ancient Greek sculptures captured the idealized male form and symbolized youthfulness.
Kouros Figures
Doris Bunte was the first Black woman elected to the Massachusetts state legislature. She took office in this decade…
1970s; served 1973-1984
Common in Ancient India, this language was widely used in sacred texts for Buddhism and Hinduism.
Sanskrit
Written by this author, the Palliser Novels chronicle the lives of dozens of characters against the backdrop of British politics in the 1860s and 1870s.
Anthony Trollope
This papal proclamation divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
Treaty of Tordesillas
This ancient Chinese dynasty is generally considered to be mythical to Western scholars. Many doubt that it ever existed at all.
Xia Dynasty
The anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic Know-Nothing party was a mid-19th century political party in MA. What is one other name the party went by?
The American Party, The Native American Party
As the last evolution of the Ancient Egyptian language, this was used during the Christian period of Egypt before it died out in the 17th century.
Coptic