History of the World Test #9 (Partial)

Dates

100

Pilgrims land at Plymouth

(200)

1620

200

Battle of Trafalgar

(600)

1805

300

England and Ireland officially united

(600)

1801

400

first shot of the War for U.S. Independence

bOnuS (400) WHERE were these shots fired?

bONuS (400) What else was this event called?

1775; Lexington, MA; "Shot heard round the world"

500

End of the U.S. War for independence

1783

 

600

India Act

1858

700

African Boer War

1899/1899-1902

800

first written Constitution of France :(

1791

People

100

first President of the United States

(automatic failure of history if you get this wrong, and -500000000000 points)

George Washington

200

English author who is the greatest writer the world has ever known (presumably)

William Shakespeare

400

British prime minister who divided Canada into two parts (800)

boNuS (400) what were they divided based on?

William Pitt; nationality (French and British)

500

considered the Father of American History

bOnuS (500) what was he governor of?

William Bradford; Plymouth Colony

600

most influential spokesman at the Congress of Vienna

Von Metternich

700

British commander, the greatest naval hero the world has ever known

BonUS (700) what famous battle was he in?

Lord Nelson; the Battle of Trafalgar

800

French philosopher, impressed by the religion of the United States

Alexis de Tocqueville

European Rulers

200

she ruled the British Empire for sixty-four years

Queen Victoria

300

ruler of England during the U.S. War for Independence

George III

400

Britain began to decline when this son of Queen Victoria began to rule.

Edward VII

500

this king ruled France for seventy years

Louis XIV

600

king of France who prophesied that France was headed for doom

bOnuS: what was his exact quote?

Louis XV; "After me, the deluge"

700

first Protestant king of France

bOnuS: What did he do to stay king?

Henry IV; renounced Protestantism

800

his reign was known as the July Monarchy

Louis Philippe

Inventors and Scientists

100

invented the telephone

Alexander Graham Bell

200

stated theories of relativity

Albert Einstein

300

engineered the Model T

bOnUS: What else did he engineer that helped make stuff cheap?

BoNuS: What group of people did this person not like?

Henry Ford; assembly line; Jews

400

invented the cotton gin

bonuS: What negative effect did this have on society?

Eli Whitney; greatly increased the demand for slavery in the south

600

invented the reaper

Cyrus McCormick

700

discovered the universal law of gravitation

Isaac Newton

Religious Leaders

100

started the Methodist Church

(300)

John Wesley

200

first Protestant missionary in China

(600)

Robert Morrison

300

preached "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Jonathan Edwards

400

Prince of Preachers

Charles H. Spurgeon

500

first black bishop of the Church of England

Samuel Adjai Crowther

600

person most responsible for the Second Great Awakening

Charles G. Finney

700

Father of Modern Missions

William Carey

800

Father of the Sunday School Movement

Robert Raikes

Places

100

French castle stronghold that was stormed on July 14, 1789

(300)

Bastille

200

country that Napoleon tried to cut off with the Continental System

England

300

the U.S. purchased this Territory from France in 1803

bOnuS (600) how much was it purchased for?

Louisiana (territory); 15 million (3 cents per acre)

supposedly 421 million in today's money (2025)

400

the first great center of American missions activity

Hawaiian Islands

500

this country withdrew from Napoleon's Continental System

Russia

600

where Napoleon was exiled to after his final defeat

bOnUS: whERe was its general location?

St. Helena, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean