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Catholics wanted to take the holy land from the Muslims. -
Europeans eyes opened to new goods outside of their territory, and trade grew. -
Marco Polo was born in Venice, a European center for commerce and trading. -
The Polo's began the journey back to Europe with new ideas and goods to trade. -
Marco was captured and met a writer. This writer encouraged him to write an autobiography, which led to "The Travels of Marco Polo" being created. -
The Portuguese captured the Ceuta Fortress, which began their dreams of controlling the global gold market. -
Encouraged explorers and scientists to travel farther South along the coast of Africa. -
Portugal discovered the Azores Islands which encouraged their explorers and scientists to travel farther South along the coast of Africa. -
A Portuguese ship had a successful journey home which motivated the Portuguese to venture even farther. -
Printing press lead way for new inventions to be created and made it easier to spread knowledge. It was the most important invention of the Renaissance. -
Unified Catholic Spain and began the process of building a nation that could compete for global power. -
Columbus went to the king of Portugal to present his plan of sailing west, but he was rejected. -
Portuguese reached the the eastern coast of South Africa, and they discovered the "Cape of Storms". -
Step forward in making Spain a global power because now they could finally look beyond their borders. -
Columbus sailed West. -
He discovered a new land filled with gold and other riches. -
Achieved the Dream of King Joâo II. Catapulted Portugal to be amongst the richest countries in Europe. -
There was a renewed interest in learning. Europeans wanted to understand the world around them, so they began to study it. -
Thomas Hobbes wrote the Leviathan. -
John Locke wrote The Second Treatise on Government. -
The British colonists called for a revolution and wrote the Declaration of Independence. -
During French Revolution the french wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man. -
Slaves started the revolution against plantation owners in Hispaniola. -
The Slaves won the revolution and renamed Saint Domingue Haiti. -
The French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, invades Spain. -
Hidalgo rang the church bells, and the citizens of Dolores joined together and fought for their independence. -
Bolívar and his troops invaded Venezuela. -
San Martín liberated Santiago, Chile. -
Depressions caused banks to fail. Moses Austin lost his fortune. -
Moses Austin and a slave named Richard crossed into East Texas -
The rebel forces of Mexico finally gained their independence from Spain. -
San Martín took the Peruvian capitol and proclaimed Peru independent. -
The Mexican government passed the Imperial Colonization Law, and Austin's land grant was secure, allowing him to continue to bring in settlers. -
SFA created a capital for his colony. This capital was called San Felipe de Austin -
Bolívar became the dictator of Peru. -
Austin began acquiring new contracts for new colonies. -
Benjamin Edwards created the Republic of Fredonia and declared independence from Mexico. -
San Felipe had between 100 and 200 residents. -
General Manuel Mier y Teran wrote his report on the population in Texas. He did not approve of the citizens of Texas. -
Mexican government issued a decree that gave Mexico more control over Texas. -
Texans write the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, pledging their support to Santa Anna. -
Texans listed their grievances and presented their requests to Santa Anna. -
Texans wanted separate statehood, but the April 6th Law revoked them. -
Santa Anna was elected president of Mexico. -
The Texans wrote a constitution to apply for separate statehood with Mexico. -
A unit of Mexican cavalry was reported coming in to San Antonio, but after multiple attacks, the Texans captured them, only to find their packs filled with grass. -
Santa Anna declared himself dictator of Mexico. -
Texans split into two groups - the peace party and the war party. -
General Cos was defeated by the Texans and surrendered San Antonio to Texas's control. -
The Texas Revolution has begun. -
Gonzales volunteers made a surprise attack, shouting, "Come and take it!" Texans won and elected Stephen F. Austin as their leader. -
Collinsworth, Milam, and 50 Texan soldiers defeated 30 Mexican soldiers in a surprise attack. -
The Treaty of Velasco officially recognized Texas as an independent state. -
Mexican forces began the battle of the Alamo. -
Mexican victory at the battle of the Alamo. However, the Mexicans lost 3 times as many soldiers as the Texans. -
Three groups of Texan soldiers executed, with 28 escapees. -
The Texan army attacked while the Mexicans were asleep, and they shouted things such as, "remember the Alamo" and "remember Goliad."