BIG TIME HISTORY
Lasting from Aug. 1786 to Feb. 1787, Shays' Rebellion in our young republic was in protest of economic conditions, mainly high these
taxes
A Novocastrian is a person from this city-upon-Tyne
Newcastle
The Sugar Act of 1764 included a 3-pence tax on each gallon of this imported from outside the British Empire
molasses
War in Somaliland pitted the dervishes of Sheik Mohammed Abdullah Hassan against British troops mounted on this desert animal
camels
With its oldest settlement at Jamestown, it was the first of the 13 colonies to be founded
Virginia
The litter of broken glass in the streets of Germany gave this name to the pograms of 1938
Kristallnacht
This Latvian capital is pretty much at the geographic center of the 3 Baltic states
Riga
In the early hours of April 19, 1775, Capt. John Parker & his militia waited for the British at Buckman Tavern in this town
Lexington
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The ruler with this title was forced by the Young Turk rebels to recall parliament, which he'd suspended 30 years earlier
the Ottoman Sulatn [emperor]
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Its city of Pawtucket was founded in 1671, in time to come in for some burning during King Philip's War
Rhode Island
In 1546 the council of this Italian city added Judith, Tobit & other books to the Catholic Bible
Trent
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We are marching to this city where the Peace of Vereeniging was signed in 1902, ending the Boer War
Pretoria
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General Richard Montgomery died in the Yankees' Dec. 1775 defeat at this Canadian city that the British had only seized in 1759
Quebec
The history book "The Sleepwalkers" says this event not only stirred war fever in Austria but ended the life of an advocate for peace
the assassination of Ferdinand (Archduke Ferdinand's death)
George Calvert was instrumental in the founding of this colony in 1632
Maryland
This Italian family gave the world 4 popes:
Leo X,
Clement VII,
Pius IV &
Leo XI
Medici
Fittingly, this capital is the Yukon headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Whitehorse
In 1776 artillery from Ticonderoga moved by sled through this Mass. segment of the Appalachians to fortify Boston
the Berkshires
The czar had to sign off in 1906 when this nation, not Russia, became Europe's first to grant women the right to vote
Finland
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Originally a single province, they became 2 distinct southern colonies after separating beginning in 1712
North and South Carolina
Japan returned to the control of an emperor in the 19th century in what is called this 5-letter restoration
Meiji
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About a third of this city's 15 million people live on the Asian side, while the rest live in Europe
Istanbul
In office from 1770 to 1782, he was later known as the prime minister "who lost America"
Lord North
Tough to win a race giving a 60-mile head start as Robert Scott did landing at McMurdo Sound when this man landed at the Bay of Whales
Amundsen
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Saybrook was its own colony until 1644, when it joined this one
Connecticut
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