The american and french revolutions

Question 1

Toussaint L’ Ouverture

Answer 1

François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, also known as Toussaint L’Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda, was the best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military and political acumen saved the gains of the first Black insurrection in November 1791.

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. The French had established themselves on the western portion of the islands of Hispaniola and Tortuga by 1659.

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

Castile. , Castilla (Spanish) n a former kingdom comprising most of modern Spain: originally part of León, it became an independent kingdom in the 10th century and united with Aragon (1469), the first step in the formation of the Spanish state.

Question 5

Simon Bolivar

Answer 5

Simon Bolivar - Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830) El Libertador, Bolivar.

Question 6

Gran Colombia

Answer 6

Gran Colombia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡɾaŋ koˈlombja], “Great 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

Pedro 1 & Pedro 2

Answer 7

(Dom Pedro) 1798–1834, king of Portugal (1826, as Pedro IV) and first emperor of Brazil 1822–31.(Dom Pedro II) 1825–91, emperor of Brazil 1831–89.

Question 8

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 8

a principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US.

Question 9

Portfirio Diaz

Answer 9

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 10

Benito Juares

Answer 10

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 11

War of the pacific

Answer 11

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in the Pacific and East Asia. It was fought over a vast area that included the Pacific Ocean and islands, the South West Pacific, South-East Asia, and in China (including the 1945 Soviet–Japanese conflict).