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1095
Pope Urban called for the Crusades
Catholics wanted to take the Holy Land from the Muslims. -
1200
Crusades cause a big change
Crusades saw the new products and goods and it opened their eyes. -
1254
Birth of Marco Polo
Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy. He was born to a family of merchants. -
1293
Marco Polos journey home
The Polos came home by ship. They brought back ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk. -
1298
Marco Polo was captured
Marco Polo captained a galley-ship against Genoa. He was captured as a prisoner of war. After, he wrote a book that inspired others to travel and trade. -
1419
Discovery of Madeira islands
The discovery encouraged Prince Henry and entourage of explorers and scientists to navigate farther south along the coast of Africa -
1427
The discovery of the Azores Islands
This encouraged Prince henry and his entourage of explorers to navigate farther south along the coast of Africa. -
1434
Prince Henrys ships
One of Prince Henrys ships made a successful return voyage. -
1469
The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile
This unified Catholic Spain and began the process of building a nation that could compete for global power. -
1485
Columbus approached the king of Portugal
Columbus presented his plan of sailing to the west to the reach the spice islands. -
1488
Días made it around the tip of Africa
Días reached the eastern coast of South Africa -
Oct 12, 1492
Ferdinand and Isabella agree
The agree to finance Columbus's expedition. They supplied him with three ships -
1498
Da Gama's voyage finally reach India
He achieved the dream of King Joâo ll. -
1519
Portuguese captured the Fortress of Ceuta
The Portuguese set up trading posts in Africa and collected gold and silver. The Portuguese realized it would be easier to access the gold by sea. -
Thomas Hobbes wrote The Leviathan
He used reason and not religious thinking to explain their beliefs about man. -
John Locke wrote The Second Treatise on Government
He used reason to explain their beliefs about their government and kings. -
The declaration of Independence was written
They called for a revolution and wrote this from the British Crown -
French revolution
four social groups on the island -
The declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen in 1789 was drafted
The declaration says Men are equal and laws come from people -
Slaves began the rebellion
Led to the independence of Haiti -
Slaves succeeded in rebellion
Ended slavery as well as French control over the island -
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Bolívar was disappointed in Napoleon's coronation. -
Father Miguel Hidalgo called for ppl to fight for independence
He rang the church bells and told the people of Dolores to take up arms. -
Bolívar and his men invaded Venezuela
Marked the beginning of the Campaña admirable -
San Martín suprised soldiers and liberated Santiago, Chile
He proceeded to his original plan which was the capture Lima -
An economic crisis created a depression
Many banks failed, like the Bank of St. Louis. Austin lost his entire fortune. -
Moses Austin went to Texas.
Austin was the first person to get permission to bring Anglo settlers into Texas. -
Gran Columbia was created
This was under Bolívar's new government. -
Forces of Mexico gained their independence from Spain
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla motivated and put in effort for them to gain independence. -
Austin went back to Texas
Life in texas was hard. -
Constitution of 1824
Mexico proclaimed that they would be governed by a president, have a congress to make the laws, and create a federalist gov. -
Austin founded San Felipe de Austin
The town was in Austin County along the Brazos river -
Bolívar became dictator
He was the supreme leader of Peru -
Contracts
Austin was able to acquire contracts for four more colonies -
Benjamin Edwards
He started the Republic of Fredonia and declared independence from Mexico -
Residents
San felipe had between 100 to 200 residents. -
General Manuel Mier y Teran
He writes in his report about Texas -
The Mexican government issued a decree
Written to give Mexico more control over Texas -
Turtle Bayou Resolutions
Texans wrote a series of statements -
Conventions of 1832 and 1833
Texans listed their grievances and present their requests to Santa Anna. -
Texans defeated General Cos
surrendered the next morning and San Antonio was under Texan control. -
A unit of Mexican Calvary was approaching San Antonio
they had supply mules and Burleson ordered men to stop the Mexicans and take their supplies. -
Santa Anna declared himself dictator
Santa Anna had decided that Mexico was not ready for a democracy. -
Consultation of 1835
Texans were concerned and called for a meeting -
Mexican colonel ordered people to return a cannon
it was given to them to protect against Indian attacks -
The Texas Revolution had begun
A smirkish broke out, and the Mexicans retreated. -
The Gonzales volunteers made a suprise attack
During a break in the fighting, the two sides tried to reach an agreement. -
George Collinsworth, Ben Milam, and 50 Texan soldiers marched towards Goliad
they defeated thirty Mexican soldiers in a suprise attack -
Treaty of Velasco
the treaty officially recognized Texas as an independent country. -
Mexican forces began the 13-day siege of the Alamo
Santa Anna ordered all Texans to be put to death. -
The war ended with Mexican victory
Main battle lasted only 30 minutes. -
Goliad Massacre
three separate groups were marched out of the presidio and executed. -
General Houston and the Texas army attacked
They shouted "Remember the Alamo!" and "Remember Goliad!"