Volume 3: Early Modern Times b

Question 1

Peter the Great becomes the czar of Russia

Answer 1

1682

Question 2

The Ottoman Turks are defeated at Vienna

Answer 2

1683

Question 3

K’ang-hsi adds Taiwan to the Chinese empire

Answer 3

1683

Question 4

Isaac Newton publishes Principa Mathematica

Answer 4

1687

Question 5

Mary and William come to the English throne in the Glorious Revolution

Answer 5

1688

Question 6

Peter the Great takes control of his throne away from Sophia

Answer 6

1689

Question 7

King William’s War begins

Answer 7

1689

Question 8

Aurangzeb gives the British permission to build Calcutta

Answer 8

1690

Question 9

John Locke publishes Two Treatises of Government

Answer 9

1690

Question 10

K’ang-hsi adds Mongolia to the Chinese empire

Answer 10

1696

Question 11

King William’s War ends

Answer 11

1696

Question 12

Beginning of the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden

Answer 12

1700

Question 13

Jethro Tull invents the seed drill

Answer 13

1701

Question 14

Queen Anne’s War begins

Answer 14

1701

Question 15

Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg

Answer 15

1702

Question 16

The Tulip Period begins in the Ottoman empire

Answer 16

1703

Question 17

Aurangzeb of India dies and Bahadur Shah I takes the throne

Answer 17

1707

Question 18

Crop rotation becomes widespread, thanks to Charles Townshend

Answer 18

1710

Question 19

Bahadur Shah I of India dies

Answer 19

1712

Question 20

Queen Anne’s War ends

Answer 20

1713

Question 21

George Louis becomes George I of England

Answer 21

1714

Question 22

Louis XIV dies and Louis XV becomes king of France

Answer 22

1715

Question 23

Mohammed Shah of India comes to the throne

Answer 23

1719

Question 24

K’ang-hsi dies

Answer 24

1722

Question 25

Peter the Great dies

Answer 25

1725

Question 26

Tibet becomes part of the Chinese Empire

Answer 26

1726

Question 27

George I dies and George II becomes king of England

Answer 27

1727

Question 28

The Tulip Period ends in the Ottoman Empire

Answer 28

1730

Question 29

Chi-'en-lung becomes emperor of China

Answer 29

1735

Question 30

The War of Jenkins' Ear begins

Answer 30

1739

Question 31

King George's War begins

Answer 31

1744

Question 32

Mohammed Shah of India dies

Answer 32

1748

Question 33

King George's War ends

Answer 33

1748

Question 34

The French-Indian War begins

Answer 34

1754

Question 35

The British capture Bengal in the Battle of Plassey

Answer 35

1756

Question 36

The Seven-Year War begins

Answer 36

1756

Question 37

Catherine the Great is proclaimed empress of Russia

Answer 37

1762

Question 38

The French-Indian and Seven-Years Wars end

Answer 38

1763

Question 39

Chi-'en-lung adds Burma to the Chinese empire

Answer 39

1769

Question 40

James Watt receives a patent for the steam engine

Answer 40

1769

Question 41

James Cook maps the coast of Australia

Answer 41

1769

Question 42

James Cook starts out on his last voyage

Answer 42

1776

Question 43

The North American colonies declares their independence from Great Britain

Answer 43

1776

Question 44

The Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia

Answer 44

1787

Question 45

The Estates General (representatives of France) meets in May at Versailles

Answer 45

1789

Question 46

The Bastille falls on July 14

Answer 46

1789

Question 47

The Bill of rights is added to the American Constitution

Answer 47

1791

Question 48

The slaves of Saint Domingue rebel

Answer 48

1791

Question 49

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are executed in France

Answer 49

1793

Question 50

Eli Whitney popularizes the ideas of standardization and interchangeable parts

Answer 50

1797

Question 51

Napoleon becomes consul

Answer 51

1799

Question 52

Napoleon becomes consul for life

Answer 52

1802

Question 53

Napoleon is crowned emperor

Answer 53

1804

Question 54

Lewis and Clark begin their expedition

Answer 54

1804

Question 55

Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Trafalgar

Answer 55

1805

Question 56

Lewis and Clark return from the west

Answer 56

1806

Question 57

Britain outlaws the slave trade

Answer 57

1807

Question 58

Charles IV is deposed by Napoleon

Answer 58

1808

Question 59

The United States outlaws the slave trade

Answer 59

1808

Question 60

Argentina declares independence

Answer 60

1810

Question 61

Don Miguel gives the speech, 'The Cry of Dolores"

Answer 61

1810

Question 62

Venezuela declares independence

Answer 62

1811