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The Catholics tried to conquer Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims. -
There was a Commercial Revolution because of the Crusades. -
Marco Polo was born -
The Polo family ventures back to Venice to sell all of their valuable goods. -
Marco Polo fought in a battle against Genoa and was captured as a prisoner of war. While in captivity, he met a writer who wrote a book about what he had done and where he had explored. The book was named "The Travels of Marco Polo" and was one of the famous books of its time. -
The Portuguese capture the fortress of Ceuta in Africa. -
Henry the Navigator funded scientists all of over Europe, which led to the discovery of the Madeira Islands. -
Henry the Navigator funded scientists all over Europe which led to the discovery of the Azores Islands. -
Over 15 voyages had been attempted to go past Cape Bojador into very rough, and extremely dangerous waters covered with fog and back, and Henry the Navigator sent a voyage that traveled there and back. -
The printing press was invented -
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile got married and began the process of building a nation that could compete for global power. -
Christopher Columbus began to travel to many different monarchs to ask for funding for his journey to Asia and India. -
Bartolomeu Días made it all the way around Africa to the eastern coast of South Africa and dubbed the area the Cape of Storms. -
The Muslims were expelled from Spain which was a big step in making Spain an imperial power. -
All of the explorations down the western coast of Africa stop on the voyage of Vasco da Gama. -
Philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke debate how much power the government should have over the people. -
Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan and John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government which both described the two philosophers' separate feelings and beliefs on government. -
After the American Revolution against the British, the Declaration of Independence is written. -
After the French Revolution against the French monarchy, the Declaration of the Rights of Man is written. -
The enslaved people of Haiti began a rebellion against their former masters. -
The Haitian Revolution had ended along with slavery in Haiti when the slaves won. -
The French Emperor/dictator invaded Spain -
Bolívar, along with his men invades Venezuela and begins the Campaña Admirable. -
San Martín liberates Santiago, Chile, and proceeds to his original plan which is to capture Lima. -
An economic crisis creates a depression in which the Bank of St. Louis goes under, and Moses Austin's fortune is lost. -
Moses Austin goes to Texas with his son, Stephen F. Austin, and his slave named Richmond. -
Thanks to Miguel Hidalgo the Mexican rebels gained their independence from Spain. -
Bolívar creates Gran Colombia under his new government. It includes present-day Venezuela, Colombia, Panamá, and Ecuador. -
After two years of planning and preparations, San Martín takes the fleet of ships and soldiers that he has gathered and takes Peru's capital. -
The Mexican government passed the Imperial Colonization Law and
Stephen F. Austin is able to bring settlers into Texas. -
Stephen F. Austin founds San Felipe de Austin or just San Felipe as the capital of his colony. -
Bolívar became the dictator or supreme leader of Peru, which he believed was needed to achieve his goal of equality and freedom for everybody. -
Austin began his acquisition of four more contracts from the Mexican government that would allow him to found four more colonies. -
One settler described San Felipe as having 100 to 200 residents at the time. -
The Texans defeat General Cos and take San Antonio from the Mexicans. -
The U.S. soldiers repeatedly attack Mexican cavalry for their supply mules and upon taking them, find that they are full of grass for the mules. -
The Gonzales volunteers made a surprise attack at dawn. During a break in the fighting, the two sides try to come to an agreement. The Texans tried to raised a flag that said "COME AND TAKE IT." -
George Collinsworth, Ben Milam, and fifty Texan soldiers marched toward Goliad and defeated the thirty Mexican soldiers in around thirty minutes. -
The Treaty of Velasco stated that Texas was an independent country and that Mexico no longer had control, and therefore had to withdraw its troops. -
Mexican troops led by Santa Anna laid siege to the Alamo for thirteen days. -
Mexican soldiers won the battle of the Alamo and Santa Anna ordered the Texans put to death. -
Santa Anna orders the execution of the soldiers under James Fannin that had surrendered and been imprisoned at Goliad. -
Sam Houston led his troops to attack Santa Anna's army while they were taking a siesta. The battle was over in 18 minutes.