This 1776 document, primarily authored by Thomas Jefferson, declared the colonies free from British rule
The Declaration of Independence
This fortress was once a French Royal prison, stormed by an angry mob and ripped down stone by stone.
The Bastille
Known as the great "liberator" of South America, this Venezulan general went on to beat the Spanish Empire
This engine was invented by James Watt and is still in use today
The Steam Engine
This 1781 battle in Virginia ended the war when the British forces surrendered to George Washington
THe Battle of Yorktown
The Guillotine
This holy man kicked off Mexico's first war for independence
Miguel Hidalgo
Eli Whitney's 1793 invention which revolutinzed textile industries in the Americas was called the...
Cotton Gin
This 1770 event, where British soldiers fired into a crowd radicalized a lot of American colonists
The Boston Massacre
The original leader of the French Revolution, later executed when the revolution turned against him for being a power hungry maniac
Maxamillan Robespierre
Which former slave led Haiti to victory of the French in their revolution?
General Toussaint Louverture
This process allowed for the first mass production of steel in the 1850s
The Bessemer Process
This French noble supported American independence
THe Marquis de Lafeyette
Which of the estates rebelled against the French Monarchy over unfair taxes
Which empire did most of Latin America seek independence from?
The Spanish
This political ideology was invented as a response to the awful working conditions of workers across Europe in the early 19th century.
Communism
What treaty between the US and Great Britian offically recognized The United States as their own country
The Treaty of Paris (1783)
The name of the man who took over the French government to bring stability after the failure of The Directory
General Napoleon Bonaparte
What kind of caste system did people live under in the Spanish Empire?
A racial one
What form of labor was restricted thanks to the 1833 British Factory Act?
Child Labor