Simón Bolívar’s fight for independence in South America
the siege of the Alamo
the California gold rush
the Lewis and Clark expedition
the U.S. acquisition of North American territories
Australia’s beginnings as a penal colony
Primary Sources
Samuel de Champlain, “The Foundation of Quebec” (1608)
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
Patrick Henry, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” (1775)
The Declaration of Independence (1776)
United States Constitution (1787)
Bill of Rights (U.S.) (1789)
The Tennis Court Oath (1789)
Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789)
Olympe de Gouges, “Declaration of the Rights of Women” (1791)
Seneca Falls Declaration (1848)
Memorization
the Rulers of England and their dates
from James I and Charles I
through the Commonwealth,
the Protectorate (both Cromwells),
and the Restoration, on to Queen Victoria
the dates of service for the prime ministers
Sir Robert Walpole, William Pitt the Younger,
the duke of Wellington,
Viscount Melbourne, and Sir Robert Peele
the dates of rule for the French monarchs
of the House of Bourbon
the dates of Napoleon's Republics
the tsars of Russia
from Peter the Great through Nicholas I
the presidents of the United States
from George Washington through Zachary Taylor
the dates of the English Civil War,
the American Revolution,
and the Napoleonic Wars