1780s Flashcards
Who invented the hot air balloon
The Montgolfier brothers.
Where the ‘First Fleet’ landed, carrying around 1000 prisoners
In Botany Bay in what is now Australia
Meeting called between the clergy, nobility, and people of France
The Estates General
King who went mad in 1788 but recovered after a year or so
George III
Planet discovered by William Herschel
Uranus
Ship commanded by William Bligh that mutinied in the South Pacific
HMS Bounty
Paradise-like island which the HMS Bounty had visited and the sailors didn’t want to leave
Tahiti
Chemical element identified by Antoine Lavoisier who combined it with oxygen to form water
Hydrogen
Industrial city which built its first cotton mill, setting it on the path to become the world’s leading textiles hub
Manchester
Country led by King Rama I who moved the capital from Thonburi to its present location
Siam (Thailand)
Modern-day country in which Túpac Amaru led a revolt of indigenous people against Spanish rule
Peru
Mountain on the French/Italian border that was summited for the first time
Mont Blanc
Treaty that officially ended the American Revolution and what year?
Treaty of Paris
1783. (there are loads of different Treaties of Paris) but this one was about the end of
American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
City where the U.S. Constitution was drafted
Philadelphia
The first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
Delaware
Peninsula annexed by Russia in 1783 (it would do so a second time in 2014)
Crimea
European island where about 25% of the population died when a volcanic eruption killed most of the crops
Iceland
Prime Minister of Great Britain who followed in his father’s footsteps and became, at age 24, the youngest PM in British history
William Pitt the Younger in 1783
The United States Constitution was written and submitted for ratification when?
1787
Nov 28th 1780, a lightning strike in which city begins a fire that burns 11,000 homes.
St Petersburg
The first major bridge to be made of cast iron is built over which river?
The River Severn in Shropshire
Welsh actress Sarah Siddons, who played Lady Macbeth and other tragic roles.
painted by Gainsborough.
