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German-born Yekaterina Alekseyevna grew up to become Catherine the Great, the empress of Russia.
After repealing the Stamp Act of 1765, the British imposed taxes on the colonists of North America through the Townshend Acts.
At the foggy Battle of Trenton, the British defeated George Washington and his troops.
Ironically, Mozart composed a requiem (a Roman Catholic Mass for the deceased) just prior to his death in 1791.
King Louis XVI triggered the events of the French Revolution in 1789 when he called a meeting of the Estates General, an outdated Parliament.
During the French Revolution, a 12 man form of government called the Directory replaced the National Convention.
Under Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark made a round – trip journey of 8,000 miles to survey the northwestern wilderness of the United States.
Isaac Milner, a friend of William Wilberforce, spoke out against the slave trade in Great Britain and composed “Amazing Grace.”
Austrian – born Ludwig van Beethoven composed his last symphonies despite his almost complete loss of hearing.
Johann Sebastian Back composed Water Music for King George I.
Agusite de Iturbide served as the emperor of Mexico for one year before he was ousted by Father Hidalgo.
George Calvert, the 1st Baron Baltimore, aimed to settle Maryland as a Catholic colony.
Though the Treaty of Ghent “ended” the War of 1812, the British attacked Andrew Jackson and his troops at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
While still a teenager, Jonathan Edwards attended the Collegiate School of Connecticut, which is now Yale University today.
Match the “answers” to the question….
"Beethoven's Fifth"
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Moonlight
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Father Hidalgo
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Criollo
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Prussia, which is not on the map today, was located on the coast of the Black Sea.
Match the right answer to each question.
Agustin de Iturbide
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Chief Tecumseh
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Francis Scott Key
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Treaty of Ghent
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Age 5
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The Enlightenment was a spiritual revival in the American colonies influenced by the preaching o f Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield.
Benjamin Franklin proposed the “JOIN, or DIE” campaign at teh Albany Congress in 1754.
The Acadians were the British Settlers of Acadia, which is present-day New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island , and part of Maine.