Volume 3: Early Modern Times c

Question 1

Napoleon marches into Russia

Answer 1

1812

Question 2

The United State declares war on Britain (The War of 1812)

Answer 2

1812

Question 3

The war of 1812 ends

Answer 3

1814

Question 4

Napoleon is exiled to Elba

Answer 4

1814

Question 5

Napoleon tries to regain power and is exiled to St. Helena

Answer 5

1815

Question 6

The Time of Troubles (mfecane) begins in South Africa

Answer 6

1818

Question 7

The British claim the South African Cape Colony

Answer 7

1820

Question 8

Napoleon dies

Answer 8

1821

Question 9

Mexico becomes independent

Answer 9

1821

Question 10

Mexico becomes a republic

Answer 10

1824

Question 11

Durban is founded on the South African coast

Answer 11

1824

Question 12

Shaka, king of the Zulu, dies.

Answer 12

1828

Question 13

The United States passes the Indian Removal Act

Answer 13

1830

Question 14

Nat Turner’s Revolt

Answer 14

1831

Question 15

Great Britain passes the Act of Emancipation

Answer 15

1833

Question 16

Santa Anna declares himself dictator of Mexico

Answer 16

1833

Question 17

The Great Trek of the Boers begins

Answer 17

1835

Question 18

The Second Seminole War begins in Florida

Answer 18

1835

Question 19

Texas declares its independence

Answer 19

1835

Question 20

The Battle of the Alamo

Answer 20

1836

Question 21

The Cherokee set off on the Trail of Tears

Answer 21

1839

Question 22

The First Opium War begins

Answer 22

1839

Question 23

The First Opium War ends with the Treaty of Nanjing

Answer 23

1842

Question 24

Texas joins the United States

Answer 24

1845

Question 25

The Mexican-American War begins

Answer 25

1846

Question 26

The Mexican-American War ends

Answer 26

1848

Question 27

California Gold Rush

Answer 27

1849

Question 28

California becomes the 31st state of the United States of America

Answer 28

1850