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The Catholics wanted to take the holy land from the Muslims. -
Because Pope Urban II called for the Crusades which opened people's eyes to new products and goods outside of their world, it brought the commercial revolution to Europe. -
Marco Polo was born to a family of merchants in Venice, Italy -
The polos returned home by ship with ivory, jade, jewels silk, and porcelain. -
Genoa captured Marco Polo in a galley-ship in a battle. -
Portuguese captured the Fortress of Ceuta in Africa and started the beginning of their dreams of controlling the market of gold around the world. -
The Portuguese discovered the Madeira Islands and encouraged people to explore the islands. -
Portugal discovered the Azores Islands and encouraged people to navigate farther south along the coast of Africa. -
Prince Henry the Navigator's ship sailed beyond Cape Bojador and made it successfully. -
Ferdinand and Isabella got married and unified Catholic Spain and began building a nation to compete for power globally. -
Columbus "approached the king of Portugal to present his plan of sailing to the west to reach the Spice Islands", however, he was rejected. -
Bartolomeu Dias sailed father than anyone before around the tip of Africa -
Christopher Columbus found the island Hispaniola (Dominican Republic) and landed on it and thought it was the East Indies. -
Da Gama "finally reached India in 1498 and he achieved the dream of King Joâo." -
Thomas Hobbes wrote the Leviathan. -
John Locke wrote The Second Treatise on Government. -
The people called for a revolution and wrote the Declaration of Independence from the British crown" and made the United States of America -
French had to pay Frances debts for seven years of war to support Americans to fight the British. -
Enslaved people in Haiti began their rebellion. -
Haiti ended slavery and French control over the island. -
Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain -
Hildago rang church bells to fight and this was called el Grito de Dolores, which was the call of Dolores. -
Simon Bolivar and his men invaded Venezuela and started the beginning of the Admirable Campaign. -
San Martin "surprised and the Spanish soldiers and liberated Santiago, Chile, where he then proceeded to his original plan: the capture of Lima" -
Moses Austin's bank failed due to an economic depression. -
Moses and his slave made it to East Texas -
The Mexicans won their battle for independence from the Spanish. -
Gran Columbia was established and created under Bolivar's new government. Included Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, and Ecuador. -
The Mexican Government passed Austin's Imperial Colonization Law. -
Stephen F. Austin decided to make a capital for his colony called San Felipe De Austin -
Simon Bolivar became dictator of Peru -
Austin got four more contracts for more colonies. -
Benjamin Edwards declared independence from Mexico and started the Republic of Fredonia -
San Felipe had grown to 100-200 residents -
Law was written to give Mexico more control over Texas and end all immigration from U.S., and suspended all emprassario grants. -
To keep the peace after the Texans were released, they wrote series' of statements named the Turtle Bayou Resolutions -
Texans wanted separate statehood from Mexico and Santa Ana the newly elected president. -
Texans wrote a constitution to get separate statehood with Mexico, and decided to send SFA to Mexico to present their opinions -
Santa Ana thought Mexico wasn't ready for democracy, so he declared himself dictator. -
Texans were concerned and called for a meeting later known as the Consultation of 1835. In the meeting Texans were divided into a group called for peace and the others were in the group "war" -
"Erasmus Smith reported that a unit of Mexican cavalry with supply mules was approaching San Antonio." -
The Texans defeated General Cos, who surrendered the next morning, and San Antonio was under Texan control. -
Texans fired on the Mexicans and started a war, which meant the revolution had begun. -
The Gonzales volunteers made a surprise attack in the morning, and the Texans made a flag that said "COME AND TAKE IT" and took the victory. -
Geroge Collinsworth, Ben Milam, and fifty Texan soldiers marched toward Goliad and won in just 30 minutes. -
The Treaty of Velasco officially recognized Texas as independent and no longer under Mexican control. -
Mexican forces began their 13-day siege of the Alamo. -
Battle of the Alamo ended with a Mexican victory and the battle only lasted 30 minutes. -
"Three separate groups were marched out of the presidio and executed. In the panic of gunfire 28 men were able to escape." -
While the Mexican army was sleeping, the Texans attacked and shouted "Remember the Alamo" and "Remember Goliad".