Exploration to Independence

By roman.courville
  • Period: 1800 BCE to 800

    The Maya

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE

    The Olmecs

  • Pope Urban calls for Crusades in the Holy Land
    1089

    Pope Urban calls for Crusades in the Holy Land

  • Europe is a farming economy
    1200

    Europe is a farming economy

  • Period: 1200 to 1521

    The Aztec

  • Crusades end
    1289

    Crusades end

  • Polos journey home
    1293

    Polos journey home

  • Polo imprisoned and writes his book
    1298

    Polo imprisoned and writes his book

  • Period: 1300 to

    The Renaissance

  • Period: 1400 to 1532

    The Inca

  • Portuguese capture Fortress of Ceuta in Africa
    1415

    Portuguese capture Fortress of Ceuta in Africa

  • Portugal discovers Madeira islands
    1419

    Portugal discovers Madeira islands

  • Portugal discovers Azores islands
    1427

    Portugal discovers Azores islands

  • Prince Henry's ships return home
    1434

    Prince Henry's ships return home

  • Johann Guttenberg invents printing press
    1440

    Johann Guttenberg invents printing press

  • Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella
    1469

    Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella

  • Días gets to the eastern tip of South Africa
    1488

    Días gets to the eastern tip of South Africa

  • Muslims get expeled from Europe.
    Oct 12, 1492

    Muslims get expeled from Europe.

  • Cortes Invades the Aztec
    1519

    Cortes Invades the Aztec

  • Pizarro invades the Inca
    1529

    Pizarro invades the Inca

  • The Inca fall under Pizarro
    1532

    The Inca fall under Pizarro

  • Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan

    Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan

  • John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government

    John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government

  • The United States declares Independence

    The United States declares Independence

  • France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man

    France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man

  • Haiti gains independence

    Haiti gains independence

    Haitian becomes independent of Spain and abolishes slavery.
  • Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence

    Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence

    Bolivar fights for Venezuelan independence from Spain, which is controlled by the brother of napolean.
  • Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence

    Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence

    The Gran Columbia, a combination of South American countries, gains independence
  • Mexico gains independence

    Mexico gains independence

    Mexican is freed from Spain due to help from Miguel Hildago y Costilla
  • Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain

    Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain

    San Martin frees Peru and other South American countries