Modern History Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. Improvement over dirt and gravel roads
- 4. fought for women's suffrage, limits on child labor, abolition, temperance, and prison reform in the US
- 8. Delegates from 12 colonies (all except Georgia) met to discuss the situation with Britain in the fall of 1774
- 10. was Invented by Josephine Cochrane in 1886, in the United States
- 11. An Italian, Wrote "On Crimes and Punishments"
- 15. was meant to spiritual but was perceived as psychological warfare to the military and settlers
- 21. was a turning point in the French Revolution because it exposed the untrustworthiness of the king and the unworkability of the newly implemented constitution.
- 22. Played a key role in the French Revolution and is considered one of the greatest military generals in history and europe
- 23. Wrote the Spirit of Laws in 1748
- 25. Thousands of poor women marched Versailles to demand food and forced the Royal Family to Paris
- 26. Published the book called Leviathan and from the United Kingdom, europe
- 27. Wife of John Adams
- 28. gave a balanced settkenebt which ensured no major conflict for 40 years (Crimean War) until the start of WW1
- 29. started by Nongqawuse to scare the British away
- 30. started first in Europe in 1760
Down
- 2. believed education was the key for women wanting equality and freedom and argued for equal rights as men
- 3. discovered in 1752 by Benjamin Franklin
- 5. Helped miners in mining, invented in 1815
- 6. replaced water wheels as sources of power for factories by 1800
- 7. Young was a lawyer and member of the Bourgeoisie. Also was a delegate to the Estates-General, the representative assembly
- 9. Believed Social Path was the path to freedom and from Switzerland, europe.
- 12. Invented by Eli Whitney in 1794
- 13. Carried by the Sons of Liberty in Boston Harbor, USA
- 14. faster method of production
- 16. Invented by Robert Fulton in 1807
- 17. When rich countries set their market in other countries, mostly in Africa and Asia purely for profits/economy
- 18. Invented by the French Lumiere Brothers, called the cinematographe
- 19. Wrote the book called Two Treatises of Government
- 20. assembly in France from September 20, 1792, to October 26,
- 24. Wrote the novel called Candide, in which he made fun of old religious ideas and from France, europe