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Catholics wanted to take the Holy Land from the Muslims. -
Europe experienced change where there were new products/goods and European people's eyes opened to the rest of the world. -
Marco Polo was born into a family of merchants. -
The Polos returned home by ship, bringing ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk. -
Marco Polo captained a galley-ship in a battle against Venice's rival city, Genoa, and he was captured as a prisoner of war. -
The beginning of the Portuguese's dreams of controlling the global market of gold was capturing the Fortress of Ceuta in Africa. They set up trading posts in Africa and collected gold and silver. -
Prince Henry funded the work of scientists from all over Europe, which led to Portugal's discovery of the Madeira Islands. -
Prince Henry funded the work of scientists from all over Europe, which led to Portugal's discovery of the Azores Islands -
At least 15 voyages had failed to go around the cape before one of Prince Henry's ships finally made a successful return voyage. -
The marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille unified Catholic Spain and began the process of building a nation. -
Columbus approached the king of Portugal to present his plan of sailing to the west to reach the Spice Islands of Asia and India. -
Días finally made it around the tip of Africa, reaching the eastern coast of South Africa. -
Columbus makes landfall on an island he named Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti). -
Da Gama's voyage finally reached India and he achieved the dream of King Joao ll -
Thomas Hobbes wrote the Leviathan which described how men should be governed. -
John Locke wrote the second The Second Treatise on Government. -
A declaration was written about the Thirteen United States of America which describes how they separated when taken under control. -
Many rules were written about the rules of mankind and how they were equal and smart. -
In 1791, the slaves began rebelling in the Haitian Revolution for their independence. -
In 1803, the slaves had succeeded in ending slavery as well as French control over the island. -
In 1804, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain and this forced Bolivar to fight for the independence of Venezuela. -
As Hidalgo fought for independence, the townspeople joined him making it the Grito De Dolores. -
Bolivar and his men invaded Venezuela, marking the beginning of the Admirable Campaign which was victorious and caused Venezuala to become independent from Spain. -
Because forces loyal to Spain recaptured chile in 1817, San Martin and his soldiers proceeded with their plan to capture Lima. -
In 1819, there was an economic crisis and many banks failed including the St. Louis Bank that Stephen F. Austin was a part owner of. -
In November of 1820, Stephen F. Austin and his slave named Richmond crossed into East Texas. -
The people of Mexico gained independence from Spain as they fought through the motivation of Father Hidalgo. -
Gran Colombia was created under Bolivar's new government. It included what would later become Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador. -
With this law, Austin’s land was secure and he could continue to bring in settlers -
Bolivar became dictator or supreme leader of Peru and the following year the Republic of Bolivia was created. -
In 1824, Austin thought his colony needed a capital and found San Felipe De Austin. -
Mexico proclaimed that they would be governed by a president, have a congress to make laws, and create a federalist govt, where the state and national govt shared power. -
In 1825, Austin acquired contracts for four more colonies. -
Benjamin Edwards declared independence from Mexico and started the republic of Fredonia. -
By 1827, San Felipe had between 100-200 residents. -
After the Edwards brothers, General Mier Y Teran was sent to inspect Texas. He reported that Anglos had outnumbered the Mexicans 5 to 1 and could throw them into a revolution any time if something wasn't done. -
The Mexican government issued a decree (law) to give Mexico more control over Texas. Mexico ended all immigration and suspended all empresario grants. -
In 1832, the Texans wanted separate statehood within Mexico as a request for Santa Anna, the newly elected president of Mexico. -
To keep the peace after Texans were released, they wrote a series of statements called the Turtle Bayou Resolutions. -
In 1833, the Texans wrote a constitution to apply for separate statehood with Mexico and decided to send SFA to Mexico to present their decisions. -
Santa Anna believed that Mexico was not ready for a democracy and declared himself dictator. The government was also unorganized. -
Texans were concerned and called for a meeting later known as the Consultation of 1835. At this meeting, the Texans were divided- one group called for peace and the other called for war. -
Texans defeated General Cos and San Antonio was under Texan control. -
As a unit of Mexican cavalry with supply mules approached San Antonio Burleson ordered men to stop the Mexicans. They captured the mules although found that they were filled with grass to feed the animals. -
The Texans fired on the Mexicans and started a war. The Texas Revolution had begun. -
The Texans made a surprise attack at dawn and raised a flag that said "come and take it" referring to their cannon that protected them from the natives. The Texans won and Mexico retreated without taking the cannon. -
Texan soldiers marched towards Goliad and defeated thirty Mexican soldiers in a surprise attack in only 30 minutes. Texans gained military supplies from battle. -
Recognized Texas as an independent country no longer under the Mexican rule and control, their own country. -
Mexican forces began the 13-day siege of the Alamo and Santa Anna demanded that all Texans be put to death. -
As the Alamo ended, the main battle only lasted 30 minutes and ended the war with a Mexican victory on March 6, 1836. -
Santa Anna wanted everyone executed so he killed them. 24 were able to escape but Fannin and others died. -
General Houston and Texas army attacked. Shouted, "remember Alamo and Goliad". In just 18 minutes they defeated the Mexican army and captured Santa Anna.