Period 5: 1750-1900

Question 1

Seven Years War (French and Indian War)

Answer 1

1756

Question 2

American Revolution officially begins

Answer 2

1776

Question 3

Adam Smith writes Wealth of Nations

Answer 3

1776

Question 4

French Revolution begins

Answer 4

1789

Question 5

Haitian Revolution; independence declared

Answer 5

1804

Question 6

Napoleon defeated in battle of Waterloo

Answer 6

1815

Question 7

Mexico declares its independence from Spain

Answer 7

1821

Question 8

Brazil declares its independence from Portugal

Answer 8

1822

Question 9

Britain abolishes slavery

Answer 9

1834

Question 10

First Opium War in China

Answer 10

1839

Question 11

Karl Marx writes the Communist Manifesto

Answer 11

1848

Question 12

Women’s rights convention at Seneca falls

Answer 12

1848

Question 13

Taiping Rebellion in China

Answer 13

1850

Question 14

M. Perry (USA) opens Japan

Answer 14

1853

Question 15

Second industrial revolution begins (steel, chemicals)

Answer 15

1856

Question 16

Sepoy Rebellion; British government controls India

Answer 16

1857

Question 17

Russian serfdom ends

Answer 17

1861

Question 18

Emancipation proclamation in USA

Answer 18

1863

Question 19

Meiji restoration modernizes Japan

Answer 19

1868

Question 20

Italy and Germany experience unification

Answer 20

1871

Question 21

Berlin conference divides Africa into colonies

Answer 21

1885

Question 22

Industrial Revolution begins in Britain/Europe

Answer 22

1750