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1095
Pope Urban called for the Crusades
Catholics wanted to take the Holy Land from the Muslims. -
1200
The Crusades cause a big change
The Crusades started to open people's eyes to the rest of the world with trade. -
1254
Marco Polo was born
Marco Polo was born to a family of merchants in Venice, Italy. -
1293
Polos started to come home from Asia
The Polo family began their journey home by ship returning with many goods. -
1298
Marco Polo was the captain of a galley-ship
Marco Polo was captured as a prisoner of war and started to write about his journey to and from Asia. -
Period: 1301 to 1400
The Renaissance
The new period named the Renaissance began. -
1415
Portuguese trading in Africa
Portuguese captured a Fortress in Africa where they set up trading posts there. -
1419
Portugal discovers new islands
Portugal discovered the Madeira Islands. -
1427
Portugal discovers even more new islands
Portugal discovered the Azores Islands. -
1434
Prince Henry's ship made a voyage to Cape Bajodor
After 15 previous attempts, one of Prince Henry's boats made it to Cape Bajodor. -
1440
Printing Press was invented
Johann Gutenberg invented the Printing Press -
1469
Ferdinand and Isabella were married
The marriage unified Catholic Spain. -
1485
Christopher Columbus brought up his idea to sail west
Christopher Columbus told the king of Portugal about his plan to sail west. -
1488
Bartolomeu Días and his crew around the eastern coast of South Africa.
Bartolomeu Días departed from Lisbon and made it all the way to the eastern coast of South Africa. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus landed in the New World
Christopher Columbus landed on an island which he named Hispaniola (the present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti). -
1498
The Portuguese finally made it to India
The Portuguese discovered the new trade route to India by sea. -
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The Renaissance ended
The period of the Renaissance ended. -
Thomas Hobbes wrote The Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes wrote The Leviathan to show that people need a government to rule over them and protect them. -
John Locke wrote The Second Treatise on Government
John Locke wrote about how people should control the government since they are smart enough to make their own choices. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written and had many of Locke's ideas within it. -
Declaration of Rights of Man
Writers used the Declaration of Independence to write it and it freed them from the French Monarchy. -
Slaves Rebelled In Haiti
The slaves rebelled against their owners because of their mistreatment. -
Simón Bolívar moved to Spain
He moved to Spain and began looking at the writing of enlightened thinkers. -
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla became the parish priest.
He used his power to help the Indians to get resources. -
Slaves succeeded in ending slavery and taking control of the land.
The slaves ended slavery and became Haiti but they were very poor. -
Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain
Bolívar saw this so he went to South America to rebel. -
Father Miguel Hidalgo told people to rebel
He rang the church bell so the people could gather their weapons. -
Bolívar invaded Venezuela
This resulted in Venezuela getting its independence. -
José de San Martin attacked Spanish Chile
San Martin attacked Santiago in order to help liberate his home country Peru. -
Economic Crash
The economy crashed in the United States causing many banks to close which made Moses Austin poor. -
Stephen F. Austin crossed into East Texas
Stephen F. Austin went to Texas to settle and create a colony there. -
Mexico became independent from Spain
Mexico became independent from Spain through Father Hidalgo's help. -
Bolívar established Gran Columbia
During his revolution, he had enough land to start a country. -
San Martín captured the capital of Peru.
After he captured the capital, Peru became independent. -
Stephen F. Austin gets approval from Mexico
Stephen F. Austin had to get approval from the Mexican government to start a colony in Texas. -
Bolívar became dictator of Peru
His goal was to get a union of nations like the U.S. and rule over them. -
Austin founded the capital of his colony
Austin founded a city called San Felipe de Austin to use as a capital for the colony. -
Austin began creating 4 more colonies by getting contracts
Austin received contracts to establish 4 new colonies. -
Benjamin Edwards conquered Old Stone Fort and started the Republic of Fredonia
Texans and Mexicans fought against his rebellion. -
San Felipe gained new residents
San Felipe grew to have between 100 and 200 people living in the town. -
General Manuel Mier y Teran scouted Texas
He noticed that the Texans were ready to fight or rebel at any moment due to the many armed men. -
The Mexican Government made a new law
This new law gave them more control over Texas. -
Texas wrote statements named the Turtle Bayou
They said that they wouldn't go to war and they liked Santa Anna. -
Texans wanted statehood in Mexico
This would allow them to have better schools, mail service, and protection from Native Americans. -
Santa Anna became president
Texans asked Santa Anna for several things such as statehood. -
Texas applied for statehood
Texas applied by sending SFA to Mexico to present their opinions. -
Santa Anna became dictator of Mexico
He believed that Mexico was not ready to govern itself. -
Texans took over San Antonio
Conquered San Antonio after Gen. Cos surrendered -
Texans defeated Mexicans in the Grass Fight
They killed the Mexicans and took their supply mules just to find grass. -
The Texas Rev. began
It began after a small battle for the "Come and Take It"cannon. -
50 Texan soldiers marched to Goliad
In Goliad, they defeated thirty Mexican soldiers in a surprise attack. -
The Treaty of Velasco was formed
This made Mexico recognize Texas as an independent nation. -
The Mexicans began a siege on the Alamo
The Mexicans took over the Alamo in just 13 days. -
Battle of the Alamo ended
It ended with 600 Mexican deaths and 200 Texan deaths since Santa Anna spared the women and children. -
Fanin and his men were killed in Goliad
Many other men were able to escape allowing the story to get to everyone. -
The Texas won the final battle aka the Battle of Goliad
In 18 minutes, they defeated the Mexicans and captured Santa Anna.