The age of exploration to independence

  • Period: 1800 BCE to 800

    The Maya

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE

    The Olmecs

  • pope urban calls for crusades in the holy land
    1095

    pope urban calls for crusades in the holy land

    they want the holy land back
  • Europe is a farming economy
    1200

    Europe is a farming economy

    they had lots of farmes and traded their goods for other things
  • Period: 1200 to 1521

    The Aztec

  • marco polo travels to the east
    1271

    marco polo travels to the east

    on his big trip
  • crusades end
    1289

    crusades end

    after pope urban calls for crusades in the holy land, the crusades finally end
  • polo journey home
    1293

    polo journey home

    polo comes home after being gone a long time
  • polo imprisoned  and writes his book
    1298

    polo imprisoned and writes his book

    he wrote his book while in prison
  • Period: 1300 to

    the renaissance

    a new period began called the renaissance witch also means rebirth
  • Period: 1400 to 1532

    The Inca

  • the Portuguese captured the fortress of ceuta in africa
    1415

    the Portuguese captured the fortress of ceuta in africa

    they had never explored Africa before so they did not know what was there
  • he found the madeira islands
    1419

    he found the madeira islands

    one his journey he found these islands
  • he found the azores islands
    1427

    he found the azores islands

    during his travels he also found the Azores islands
  • made a safe return home
    1434

    made a safe return home

    after 15 years of traveling he came home
  • the printing press was invented
    1440

    the printing press was invented

    the printing press allowed more people to have books of there own
  • he reached south africa
    1488

    he reached south africa

    after going around the tip of Africa he got to South Africa in march 1488
  • Cortes invades the Aztec
    1519

    Cortes invades the Aztec

  • Pizarro Invades the Inca
    1529

    Pizarro Invades the Inca

  • The Inca fall under Pizarro
    1532

    The Inca fall under Pizarro

  • Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan

    Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan

  • John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government

    John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government

  • The United States declares Independence

    The United States declares Independence

  • France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man

    France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man

  • Haiti gains independence

    Haiti gains independence

  • Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence

    Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence

  • Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence

    Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence

  • Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain

    Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain

  • Mexico gains independence

    Mexico gains independence