1. Who fought in the French and Indian War?
2. Who discovered America?
3. When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
4. What does the D in D-Day stand for?
5. When was Russia’s “Red October” revolution?
6. Who was the first to settle in what’s now the United States?
7. When was the War of 1812?
8. Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
9. What was the largest contiguous empire in history?
10. Who invented the automobile?
2. Who discovered America?
3. When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
4. What does the D in D-Day stand for?
5. When was Russia’s “Red October” revolution?
6. Who was the first to settle in what’s now the United States?
7. When was the War of 1812?
8. Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
9. What was the largest contiguous empire in history?
10. Who invented the automobile?
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
2. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who stumbled upon the Americas and whose journeys marked the beginning of centuries of transatlantic colonization.
3. August 2, 1776
4. D-Day: Doom's- Day
5.hundred years ago, in wartime Petrograd, Russian radicals known as the Bolsheviks carried out “the Great October Socialist Revolution.” On the night of October 24, 1917, Bolshevik Red Guards began to take control of key points in the Russian capital—railway stations, telegraph offices, and government buildings.
6. The Spanish were among the first Europeans to explore the New World and the first to settle in what is now the United States.
By 1650, however, England had established a dominant presence on the Atlantic coast. The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
7. The War of 1812 began on June 18th, 1812 with the Unites States formally declaring war on the United Kingdom. The war lasted from June 1812-February 1815, a span of two years and eight months.
8. The pilgrims came to America in search of religious freedom. At the time, England required its citizens to belong to the Church of England. Some were merely sympathetic to the cause and seeking a new life. Others were skilled workers, such as craftsmen or soldiers, who served vital roles in the success of both the voyage and the new settlement. And others because of religious persecution.
9. The Mongol Empire existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and it is recognized as being the largest contiguous land empire in history. It of course originated in Mongolia and once stretched from Eastern Europe to the Sea of Japan, extending into the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East, covering 9.27 million square miles.
10. @Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725-1804) STEAM / Built the first self propelled road vehicle (military tractor) for the French army: three wheeled, 2.5 mph.
@Robert Anderson ELECTRIC / Electric carriage.
@Karl Friedrich Benz (1844-1929) GASOLINE / Automobile powered by an internal combustion engine: three wheeled, four cycle, engine and chassis form a single unit.
@Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (1834-1900) and Wilhelm Maybach (1846-1929) GASOLINE / First four wheeled, four-stroke engine- known as the “Cannstatt-Daimler.”
@ George Baldwin Selden (1846-1922) GASOLINE / Combined internal combustion engine with a carriage: patent no: 549,160 (1895). Never manufactured — Selden collected royalties.
@ Charles Edgar Duryea (1862-1938) and his brother Frank (1870-1967) GASOLINE / First successful gas powered car: 4hp, two-stroke motor. The Duryea brothers set up first American car manufacturing company.