The American And French Revolution

Question 1

Toussaint Louverture

Answer 1

François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, also known as Toussaint L’Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda, was the best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution.

Question 2

Saint Domingue

Answer 2

Saint-Domingue (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃.dɔ.mɛ̃ɡ]) was a French colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804.

Question 3

Miguel Hidalgo

Answer 3

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (born May 8, 1753, Corralejo, near Guanajuato, Mexico—died July 30, 1811, Chihuahua), Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary leader who is called the father of Mexican independence. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

Question 4

Castilla

Answer 4

Castilla Name Meaning. Spanish: regional name for someone from Castile (Spanish Castilla) in Spain. An independent kingdom between the 10th and 15th centuries,

Question 5

Simon Bolivar

Answer 5

Simón Bolívar, in full Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela,

Question 6

Gran Columbia

Answer 6

Gran Colombia is a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831.

Question 7

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 7

The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere.

Question 8

Porfirio Diaz

Answer 8

José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of three and a half decades from 1876 to 1911.

Question 9

Benito Juarez

Answer 9

Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served as the president of Mexico for five terms: 1858–1861 as interim, then 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872 as constitutional president.

Question 10

War of the Pacific

Answer 10

The War of the Pacific, took place from 1879 to 1883, with Bolivia and Peru on one side and Chile on the other.

Question 11

Emiliano Zopata

Answer 11

Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.

Question 12

pancho Villa

Answer 12

Francisco “Pancho” Villa was a Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution.