Leaders
Who crossed the Delaware river on Christmas night
George Washington
Which revolution held the largest slave revolt
Haitian Revolution
This Italian explorer, sailing under the Spanish flag in 1492, landed in the Caribbean while searching for a westward route to Asia.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This society lived in Plymouth colony and Cape cod
Wampanoag
This U.S. president had a pet alligator that lived in the White House bathroom.
Who was John Quincy Adams?
Who was a former enslaved man who rose to become a powerful figure in Hatian Independance
toussaint louverture
This country declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776
The United States of America
In 1494, this treaty divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Which Indigenous society sacrificed the people they conquered to the sun god
Aztecs
This 1777 American victory was a turning point in the Revolution, convincing France to join the war as an ally
Battle of Saratoga
Simon Bolivar
This Island nation gained independence from the United Kingdom on August 6, 1962, and still recognizes the British monarch as its ceremonial head of state.
Jamaica
This explorer's 1519-1522 expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe, though he died before completing the journey.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
This society lived in the Northern regions of Canada and Alaska
Inuit
This famous conqueror was once accidentally buried alive, but his breathing was noticed just in time.
Who was Alexander the Great?
Who was the former Procter of Peru
Jose de San Martin
This South Amweican country declared independence from Spain in 1816 and has leaders like Jose de San Martin.
Argentina
This conquistador led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century.
Who was Hernán Cortés?
Which Indiginous society lived in parts of the Andes mountains
inca
Before alarm clocks, people in Britain hired "knocker-uppers" who did this to wake clients up for work.
What is tapping on windows with sticks?
Who was the former acting president of Venezuela
Juan Guaido
This man led India to independence from British rule using nonviolent civil disobedience and became a global symbol for peaceful protest.
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
Name two major long-term consequences of European exploration and conquest for indigenous populations in the Americas.
What are population decline due to disease and the destruction of native political and cultural structures?
List the hierarchy of races in Spanish conquered Mexico from lowest to highest
Slaves, Indigenous, mestizos, Criollos, White Europeans
Millard Fillmore