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| 336997486 | french and indian war | Was a war fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley-- English defeated French in1763. Historical Significance: established England as number one world power and began to gradually change attitudes of the colonists toward England for the worse. | 0 | |
| 336997487 | revenue act | 1935; raised taxes on the wealthy and corporations | 1 | |
| 336997488 | tea act | Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party | 2 | |
| 336997489 | thomas paine | American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809) | 3 | |
| 336997490 | treaty of cordoba | This treaty recognized Mexican independence from Spain. Signed on August 24, 1821 by Agustín de Iturbide, the man who had defeated Jose Maria Morelos, but then joined the Mexican rebels. | 4 | |
| 336997491 | migeul hidalgo | convinced mexicans to go to war to gain independence from spain | 5 | |
| 336997492 | pedro II | wise ruler who helped strengthen Brazil as a nation through improved economy, transportation, communication and education | 6 | |
| 336997493 | simon bolivar | Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule | 7 | |
| 336997494 | jose de san martin | South American general and statesman, born in Argentina: leader in winning independence for Argentina, Peru, and Chile; protector of Peru | 8 | |
| 336997495 | napoleonic codes | individual legality and equality, government- more authority of people, no classes, peasants- subjects of state, religious toleration, everyone has the right to work, courts are separate from those in power. | 9 | |
| 336997496 | waterloo | a final crushing defeat | 10 | |
| 336997497 | jacobins | Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794. | 11 | |
| 336997498 | jacques dessalines | the guy that proclaimed haiti as free | 12 | |
| 336997499 | Muhammad Ali | United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942) | 13 | |
| 336997500 | George Grenville | Became prime minister of Britain in 1763 he persuaded the Parliament to pass a law allowing smugglers to be sent to vice-admiralty courts which were run by British officers and had no jury. He did this to end smuggling. | 14 | |
| 336997501 | John VI | Pope John Paul I took his name in honor of the two popes who had preceeded him, __ and __. | 15 | |
| 336997502 | Pierre Toussaint L'Ouverture | Led slave revolt against French plantation owners in Saint Domingue | 16 | |
| 336997503 | Duke of Wellington | leader of the combined British and Prussian army; would defeat Napoleon at Waterloo | 17 | |
| 336997504 | Alexander I | the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825) | 18 | |
| 336997505 | Prince Von Metternich | Austrian minister, believed in the policies of legitimacy and intervention (the military to crush revolts against legitimacy). Leader of the Congress of Vienna | 19 | |
| 336997506 | Napoleon Bonaparte | French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) | 20 | |
| 336997507 | Maximilien Robespierre | "The incorruptable;" the leader of the bloodiest portion of the French Revolution. He set out to build a republic of virtue. | 21 | |
| 336997508 | Committee of Public Safety | The leaders under Robespierre who organized the defenses of France, conducted foreign policy, and centralized authority during the period 1792-1795. | 22 | |
| 336997509 | Declaration of the Rights | man and the citizens proclaimed equal rights from all men, but no political rights for a women. | 23 | |
| 336997510 | Charles Townshend | government official, close to the king, likeable, sponsored taxes, "Champagne Charlie", sponsored taxes for: lead, glass, paper, paint & tea, | 24 |
