Revolution I
Why did American colonists object to the Sugar Act and Stamp Act?
taxation without representation
List one of the causes of the French Revolution.
taxes, social class, bad harvests, poverty
Established a navigation school on the Atlantic coast
Prince Henry the Navigator
List the 3 motivations of the Age of Exploration
Gold, God, and Glory
Which type of company was the Dutch East India Trading Company?
joint-stock company
What Enlightenment idea was incorporated into the Declaration of Independence?
popular sovereignty
Why did the French finally give up their fight to keep Haiti?
Too many French soldiers were dying from African diseases in Haiti.
He used caravels during his historic voyage to the Americas. Was looking for the islands south of China
Christopher Columbus
The name of the treaty between Spain and Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas
Where were the headquarters of the East India Trading Company located?
Batavia on the island of Java
Which French social class included the bourgeoisie?
Third Estate
What is a Byronic hero?
a romantic hero
1st explorer to circumnavigate the world
Ferdinand Magellan
Name the two tools sailors used to navigate.
astrolabe and magnetic compass
What is the name of the islands they seized from Portugal in 1641?
Spice Islands
What building did commoners overpower and loot, starting the French Revolution?
the Bastille
Which British poet is considered to be the first Romantic writer?
William Wordsworth
Launched an invasion of modern-day Mexico. Conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
List 3 items that were exchanged during the Columbian Exchange
plants, animals, people, ideas, disease
Which English explorer searched for the Northwest Passage and explored a river that was named after him?
Henry Hudson
What is true regarding the gens de couleur (mixed race plantation owners) of Saint Domingue?
They fought for the same rights as white plantation owners.
What did Romantic poetry, art, and music convey?
emotions and subjectivity
Conquistador that stole from the Incas, murdered their king, and conquered the Incas.
Francisco Pizarro
Portugal captured which sea port city that enabled them to control the Spice Islands.
Goa
Which Netherlands city became a major center of global trade?
Amsterdam