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The Muslims invaded the Holy Land and the Pope created the Crusades to take it back, and they learned about new goods. -
The Crusades had peasants and nobles venturing out to new lands. This meant they were meeting new people, Seeing new goods, and exploring different ways of life. -
Marco Polo was born into a family of merchants in Venice, Italy. This was a place where trade was popular and was in the mediterranean region. -
The Polos return home by ship from the two year journey with precious jewels, ivory, jade, porcelain, and silk. Only 18 of their original several hundred passengers survived. -
Marco Polo was chosen to captain a galley-ship against Venice's rival city Genoa. He was captured as a prisoner of war, but while he was in prison found a writer that encouraged him to write a book about his journeys. The Travels of Marco Polo was the book he then published and it became one of the most popular books in all of Medieval Europe. -
The Portuguese capture the fortress of Ceuta in Africa. This allowed them to collect gold and silver. They also set up trade posts in Africa. -
The Portuguese discovered the Madeira Islands with the help of Prince Henry. This discovery and the discovery of the Azores islands encouraged Prince Henry to navigate farther south which allowed for more discoveries in the future. -
Portuguese discovers the Azores Islands with the help of Prince Henry. This discovery and the discovery Madeira islands encouraged Prince Henry to navigate farther south. -
The Portuguese return home with the help from Prince Henry. The Portuguese brought back the knowledge they got on their voyages and they gained confidence to travel even farther to explore even more. -
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile became married. This started the process of building a powerful Nation that shot for global power. -
Cristopher Columbus sees the king of Portugal to present his plan of finding the Spice Islands of Asia and India by sailing west. -
Dias originally planned to travel all the way to India but his crew did not want to which is why he discovered the Cape of Good Hope. -
In Southern Spain Ferdinand and Isabella expel the muslims. The was the first step to becoming an imperial power. -
De Gama attained the dream of King Joâo ||. Because he discovered this Portugal would become one of the richest countries in all of Europe. -
Thomas wrote a type of government that would be run by a common power to keep the people organized. He believed there needed to be a common power or else there would be chaos among the people. -
Thomas wrote a type of government that allowed the people all the power. Locke believed that everyone is smart and they can create a stable government using reason. -
People wanted freedom from the British crown, so they created the Declaration of Independence. The United States of America was then established. -
The people no longer could take the extreme taxes from the French crown. The people decided to start a revolution against the French monarchy. This established a National Assembly in France. -
The slaves started their revolt for independence in Haiti. -
The slaves had succeeded in their rebellion and they gained freedom as well as control over the island. -
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain to gain control. -
Father Miguel Hidalgo rang the church bells, calling out to the people of Dolores asking them to join him in the fight for independence. -
Bolivar and his men invaded Venezuela, which was the beginning of Campaña Admirable (Admirable Campaign). -
Spain recaptured Chile, so San Martin surprised the Spanish soldiers and liberated Santiago, Chile. -
An economic Crisis created a depression closing many businesses and causing Stephen F. Austin to lose all his money. -
Bastrop decides to help Austin with his business plan and they greatly improve the Texas economy. -
Bolivar was able to claim some land from the Spanish and Gran Columbia was created under Bolivar's government. -
The rebel forces of Mexico gained independence from Spain because of the efforts of Father Miguel Hidalgo and Costilla. -
The mexican government passes the Imperial Colonization Law. This allowed Austin to keep bringing in new settlers. -
Stephen F. Austin founded San Felipe de Austin as the capital of Texas. He placed this town in a place that gave it many advantages like food, water, and defense. -
Bolivar became dictator for Peru after talking with San Martin. -
With the help of several Tejano leaders, Stephen F. Austin started acquiring contracts for his colonies. Once he was finished he had acquired four contracts. -
Benjamin Edwards started the Republic of Fredonia and declared independence from Mexico. -
Stephen F. Austin and several Tejano leaders had created colonies that were thriving. At this time San felipe had between 100 and 200 residents. -
This law was written to give Mexico more power than Texas. All immigration from the United States into Texas was now baned. -
The Texans wrote that wanted to work the Mexican government. The were asking for help from Santa Ana. -
Santa becomes was elected the president of Mexico because of his promise to make Mexico a federalist government. -
Santa Ana decided that Mexico wasn't ready for him to leave office and become a democracy, so he became dictator. -
Mexico ordered that weapons given to Texas must be returned and the Texans refused. This conflict between the two caused a revolution. -
During this meeting the Texans were divided into two groups. One group, which was called the peace party wanted to keep the peace with Mexico. The other known as the war party wanted independence from Mexico. -
The Texans made there way to Gonzales and surprise attacked the Mexicans at dawn. The Mexican army retreated and the Texans won the battle.