From Exploration to Independence

By grace.essalih
  • Period: 1800 BCE to 800

    The Maya

    Powerful Mesoamerican civilization that lived in the Yucatan. They used their environment to build up civilization.
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE

    The Olmecs

    earliest Mesoamerican civilization
  • 1095

    Pope Urban calls for Crusades

    Pope Urban calls for Crusades
    against Muslims in the holy land
  • 1200

    Europe is a farming economy

    Europe is a farming economy
    grew their own food (feudialism)
  • Period: 1200 to 1521

    The Aztec

    powerful Mesoamerican civilization that conquered many lands. was defeated by Hernán Cortes and the Spanish
  • 1271

    Marco polo travels to the east

    Marco polo travels to the east
  • 1289

    Crusades end

    Crusades end
    europe lost war against muslims
  • 1293

    Polo's journey home

    Polo's journey home
  • 1298

    Polo imprisoned and writes his book

    Polo imprisoned and writes his book
  • Period: 1300 to

    Renaissance

    A period of rebirth
  • Period: 1400 to 1528

    The Inca

    lived in South America, largest Mesoamerican civilization. Conquered by Pizarro
  • 1415

    Portuguese captured fortress of Ceuta

    Portuguese captured fortress of Ceuta
    sets up trading posts in africa for silver and gold
  • 1419

    Discovery of Madeira islands

    Discovery of Madeira islands
  • 1427

    Discovery of Azores Islands

    Discovery of Azores Islands
  • 1434

    Successfully returned from Cape Bojador

    Successfully returned from Cape Bojador
  • 1440

    Printing press invented

    Printing press invented
    able to print books and spread knowledge through text
  • 1469

    Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabelle of Castille

    Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabelle of Castille
    unites catholic spain
  • 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias reached eastern coast of Africa

    Bartolomeu Dias reached eastern coast of Africa
    farther than any explorer had gone before him
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus makes landfall on Hispaniola

    Christopher Columbus makes landfall on Hispaniola
    thought it was east indies, actually the americas
  • 1519

    Cortes invades Aztec

    Cortes invades Aztec
    defeats Aztec with strategies like better weapons and conquering preexisting enemies.
  • 1529

    Pizarro invades the Inca

    Pizarro invades the Inca
    uses strategies from Cortes and how the Inca were weakened from civil war to defeat them.
  • 1532

    The Inca fall under Pizarro

    The Inca fall under Pizarro

  • Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan

    Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan
    was written by an enlightened author who saw the world differently and not religiously

  • John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government

    John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government
    Different take than The Leviathan, author "enlightened"

  • The United States declares independence

    The United States declares independence
    Independence from Britain

  • France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man

    France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man

  • Haiti gains independence

    Haiti gains independence
    Slaves gain independence from the French

  • Bolivar and soldiers begin Venezuelan fight for independence

    Bolivar and soldiers begin Venezuelan fight for independence
    fighting against Spain

  • Bolivar's Gran Colombia gains its independence

    Bolivar's Gran Colombia gains its independence

  • Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain

    Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain

  • Mexico gains independence

    Mexico gains independence
    Started by Father Hidalgo giving the Grito de Dolores