1800s Flashcards
Ruler who was crowned Emperor of France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Major sea battle off the coast of Spain in which the UK defeated France
Battle of Trafalgar
British admiral who lost his life in the Battle of Trafalgar
Horatio Nelson
Loose-knit Germanic empire that was dissolved after more than 800 years of existence
Holy Roman Empire
Country that became independent from France following a slave revolt
Haiti
Huge tract of land which the U.S. purchased from France
Louisiana Territory
President of the U.S. that made a purchase of a huge tract of land from France?
Thomas Jefferson
Duo who explored that purchase, eventually reaching the Pacific Coast
Lewis and Clark
Modern-day country that became a Dutch colony following the dissolution of the Dutch East India company
Indonesia
The largest asteroid in our solar system which was discovered in 1801 and initially classified as a planet
Ceres
Who Aaron Burr shot and killed in a duel
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during the presidency of George Washington,
What Parisian women were legally barred from wearing after the passage of a law that would finally be repealed in 2013
Trousers / Men’s Clothes
Holiday in honor of a Scottish poet which was celebrated for the first time
Burns Night
Northern country which Russia annexed and held until 1917
Finland
Cities on the Barbary Coast of Africa which the U.S. attacked to root out piracy (name any of the three)
Tripoli / Algiers / Tunis
African city that the English captured from the Dutch
Cape Town
Invention which Robert Fulton debuted on the Hudson River
Steamboat
Dynasty that came to power in Vietnam (Hint: today it is the most common Vietnamese family name)
Nguyen
Drug synthesized from the poppy and named after the Greek god of dreams
Morphine
Round number that the Earth’s population exceeded for the first time
One Billion
