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Pope Urban wants to spread Catholicism by going to the Holy Land and fighting against the Muslims who were not Christian. -
Peasants and nobles began venturing out of Europe and exploring new things. -
Marco Polo went with his family to explore Asia and surrounding countries where he documented his trips in detail in a journal he brought. -
They came home on a boat with their new ideas, discoveries, resources, goods, and more to share with their hometown people. -
While Marco Polo led a galley ship in war against Venice's rival city, he was captured and imprisoned where a man there encouraged him to write a book about his travels. -
Portuguese captured the Fortress of Ceuta in Africa and set up trading posts and collected gold and silver -
Portuguese discovered islands and influenced Prince Henry to navigate further south. -
Portugals discovery of the Azores Islands encouraged Prince Henry and his explorers to navigate father south to find new things -
Prince Henry's ships made a successful return voyage which encouraged the Portuguese to travel even farther -
Ferdinand and Isabella got married and unified Catholic Spain as well as began the process of building a nation -
Christopher Columbus went to the king of Portugal and presented his plan of sailing to the west to go to the Spice Islands -
Días made it around the tip of Africa to the eastern coast of South Africa. -
Christopher Columbus made landfall on Hispanola after taking a wrong turn in hopes to find Asia faster than the Portuguese -
Días joined forces with da Gama and captained one of the ships when they ended up in India which achieved the dream of King Joâo -
Thomas Hobbes wrote a book called The Leviathan that used reason to debate government justice. -
John Locke made a book that used reason and not religious thinking to debate governmental conflicts that were about God. -
The declaration of independence was declared in the USA which said that all people should be able to rule themselves. -
The 6 rules were created for the rights of man that declared all men should have their own rights. -
Four social groups on the island of Haiti such as the grande Blancs, petit Blancs, slaves and more -
Slaves began to revolt against the white colonists that ruled them to earn their freedom and equality -
Slaves has overthrown their white rulers and fought them in a battle that killed many people and led to the freedom of French control over the island. -
Bolivar was disappointed in napoleons coordination as the ruler of France. As soon as Napolean put his brother on the throne, Bolivar saw an opportunity to lead more countries to start revolutions to get away from the French motherland. -
Hidalgo called on the people to take up arms and fight for independence from the motherland. This was called Grito de Dolores. -
San Martin did not like that Spain was treating poor people and mestizos so he left the Spanish army to help fight for the independence of these countries. He returned to Argentina and was in charge of organizing new soldiers. -
Spanish forces recaptured Chile but San Martin surprised them. He liberated Santiago, Chile, and proceeded to his original plan of capturing Lima. -
In 1819, there was an economic depression that caused Austin's bank to fail -
Stephen Austin made his way to Texas and into San Antonio to carry out his father's dream -
With the motivation of Father Hidalgo, Mexican forces fought for 10 years to gain their independence from Spain to be a free country. -
Bolivar led many other countries ruled by Spain into independence. He created Gran Columbia to set the free from Spains rule and it later became Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, and Ecuador. -
In 1823, the Mexican government passed the imperial Colonization law to allow Stephen to create his settlements and Austin headed back to Texas -
San Felipe de Austin noticed that his settlement needed a capital. He chose the spot next to the Brazos river. -
The Mexicans and Anglos had very little to do with each other. SFA worked to ensure cooperation with the Mexican law to make sure that Mexico never turned on the Texans. Mexicans and the Anglos got along well and the Americans came into Texas under the Mexican Constitution. -
Bolivar became the supreme leader of Peru and a year later created the republic of Bolivia. He had succeeded in helping many countries free from the rule of Spain and become independent. -
By 1825, there were 440 slaves in the settlement that helped owners with their thousands of acres worth of land. -
Squatters were people who had been on the Texas land for long periods of time. They decided to side with the Mexicans and the Edward brothers found out about this and were furious. In 1826, they made the Republic of Fredonia and declared independence from Mexico. -
In 1827, there were more people starting to come into Texas with their families for a better life. -
General Mier y Teran was sent to inspect Texas by the Mexican government. He reported that the Mexican influence on Texas was decreasing. The Mexican government did not like this and put many new laws on Texas to ensure that the Mexican culture would stay prominent. -
General Mier y Teran was sent to inspect Texas by the Mexican government. He reported that the Mexican influence on Texas was decreasing. The Mexican government did not like this and put many new laws on Texas to ensure that the Mexican culture would stay prominent. This was the law of April 6th, 1830. -
Bolivar invaded Venezuela and started the Admirable Campaign. Boliavars' campaign succeeded and Venezuala became independent thanks to him. Bolivar was named the liberator. -
The Texans wanted to keep the peace between them and the Mexicans so they wrote a series of statements called the Turtle Bayou Resolution. These statements were meant to deny that the Texans were attacking the Mexican government and pledged their support to Santa Anna -
Santa Anna was elected president of Mexico. The Texans came together and held the Conventions of 1833 and 1832 to list what they wanted for Santa Anna who they supported because he said that he would create a federalist government. In 1832, Texans wanted separate statehood. -
Santa Anna was elected president of Mexico. The Texans came together and held the Conventions of 1833 and 1832 to list what they wanted for Santa Anna who they supported because he said that he would create a federalist government. In 1833, Texans wrote a constitution to apply for separate statehood and sent SFA to present their choices. -
The Texans defeated general Cos, who surrendered the next morning which led them to take control over San Antonio. -
Deaf Smith reported that Mexicans were coming to San Antonio with mules and the Texans stopped them and took their supplies. -
Santa Anna declared himself as dictator. He was not in the capital and could not meet with SFA to present Texas's decision to apply for separate statehood. SFA wrote a letter asking the authorities in San Antonio to organize Texas as a separate state from Mexico. -
The Mexican Government kept arresting Texans because of taxation. William B. Travis took force in Anahuac to try to get these prisoners back to Texas. The Texans were concerned and called for a group meeting. -
18 men from Gonzales set forth to attack Mexican forces on the other side of the river. The two sides didn't agree and Texans told the Mexicans to "Come and take it." -
General Cos ordered that all weapons given to the Texans were to be returned to Mexican authorities. The Mexicans wanted Texas's brass cannon but they refused to give it up and called to the Mexicans to "Come and take it" They began fighting and this led to the beginning of the Texan Revolution. -
50 Texan soldiers marched to Goliad and snuck attack the Mexicans and killed 30 of their men and captured the Presidio La Bahía. -
Texans were finally free from Spanish rule and the treaty was public as well as secret. -
The Mexican Army reached San Antonio and the Texans were severely unprepared so the Mexican forces began the battle. -
The battle lasted a total of 30 minutes and the Mexicans took the victory but lost hundreds of men in the process. -
28 men were able to escape while 342 men died in the massacre. -
The Texans attacked the Mexicans and began screaming remember the Alamo and Goliad. They defeated the Mexican Army in 18 minutes.