The United States – Colonial & Early Republic
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
Who is considered the father of American history?
William Bradford
What French castle stronghold was stormed on July 14th, 1789?
Bastille
Prince of the preachers?
Charles Spurgeon
Who discovered the universal law of gravitation?
Isaac Newton
The pilgrims sailed to the New World on what ship?
The Mayflower
Which estate declared itself to be the National Assembly of France?
The Third Estate
What church was started by John Wesley?
Methodist
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What English author is the greatest writer the world has ever known?
William Shakespeare
The United States purchased what territory from France in 1803?
Louisiana Territory
Louis XIV ruled France for how many years?
70
Where was Napoleon exiled after his final defeat?
Elba
How many years did Queen Victoria rule the British Empire?
64
Who engineered the Model T?
Henry Ford
Where was the first great center of American mission activity?
Hawaiian Islands
What did Maximilian Robespierre initiate to suppress the anti-revolutionary movements during the French Revolution?
The Reign of Terror
What country did Napoleon try to cut off with the Continental System?
England
Who was the father of modern missions?
William Carey
Invented the reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
Who preached Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
Jonathan Edwards
What statement or document ended the war for independence?
The Treaty of Paris
What statement or document called for a national constitution for France?
The Tennis Court Oath
Who withdrew from Napoleon's Continental System?
Russia
Benjamin Disraeli was the renowned leader of which British party?
Conservative Party
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who is the father of the English hymn?
Isaac Watts
What type of government did Louis XIV establish when he set up various councils of state?
Bureaucratic
Who was known as the father of the Sunday school movement?
Robert Rakes
What is the confused idea that stars, rather than the creator of the stars, rule the destinies of men?
Astrology
Most responsible for the Second Great Awakening?
Charles G. Finney
Who was the ruler of England during the U.S. war for independence?
George III
What king of France prophesied that France was headed for doom?
Louis XV
Whose reign was known as the July Monarchy?
Louis Philippe
Which British prime minister is considered by some to be the greatest naval hero the world has ever known?
Lord Nelson
Stated the theories of relativity?
Albert Einstein
Who was the child prodigy and wrote The Magic Flute?
Mozart
What statement or document stressed individual civic responsibility over individual liberty?
Mayflower Compact
Who was the first Protestant king of France?
Henry IV
What traditional type of party system does France have, contributing to an unstable government?
Multiparty system
Britain began to decline when Queen Victoria's son, named what, began to rule?
Edward VII
Under which system was work done in private shops?
Domestic
Wrote the greatest poem in the English language?
John Milton
Published the history of the United States?
Noah Webster
What statement or document allowed Huguenots to worship in public?
The Edict of January
What French philosopher visited the United States and was impressed by the religion of the nation?
Alexis de Tocqueville
What British prime minister divided Canada into two parts?
William Pitt
What man was largely responsible for the rise and triumph of capitalism?
Adam Smith
Who was the most influential spokesman at the Congress of Vienna?
Von Metternich
First black bishop of the Church of England?
Samuel A. Crowther
Who was the greatest of many Dutch masters of art?
Rembrandt van Rijn