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The Maya empire was once a grand empire with beautiful art and architecture. Some of the Maya are around today although they are not as great as they are today.
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The Olmec were the first main empire out of the Maya, Aztec, Inca, Toltec, and the Olmec
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The Pope wanted to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims, so he sent a group of knights to do it.
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People grew their own food. (Feudalism)
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The Aztec empire was an advanced empire with tons of gold and riches. This led to Cortés (Spanish conquistador) taking over the Aztec empire with diseases and war.
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Marco Polo went to trade with the people in the East and the Middle East.
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The knights failed to liberate the Holy Land after multiple tries.
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Many new advancements were made along with new inventions
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The Inca was the southernmost empire that covered a large portion of South America. This lead to a diverse and strong economy because of the amount of space the Inca occupied
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The Portuguese were trying to corner the gold market
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Henery's work finally pays off and discovers the Maderia Islands
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8 years later Portugal finds another island which they name th Azores
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One of Henery's ships comes back from a successful voyage around Cape Borjador
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Johann Gutenburg invented the Printing Press
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Cortés discovered the Aztec empire near modern-day Mexico city and took the Aztec's gold and riches as well as reduce their population through war and disease.
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Pizarro was sent by the king and queen of Spain to take over the Inca empire. Pizarro did just that with diseases, advanced technology, and warfare.
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Francisco Pizarro took over the Inca empire by using Ataualpha as a puppet leader, using the civil war in the Inca empire as a distraction for Pizarro, diseases, and warfare.
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Thomas Hobbes writes a book about how humans cannot govern themselves because they are cocky, greedy, and distracted by war.
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John Locke writes about humans should not be governed by religious text but instead by the natural laws of nature. He believes that humans can govern themselves and live peacefully.
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13 colonies of England are fed up with having to live under the English rule and pay high taxes, so they split off and form the 13 Colonies.
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France saw what the U.S did and saw that they could become independent too, so they wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man which protected the rights of men.
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Haiti becomes the first nation to have a successful slave revolution. The slaves of Haiti push back the plantation owners and become independent.
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Simón Bolívar takes advantage of Napolean I giving the Spanish crown to his brother and starts the fight for independence. Bolívar was influenced by John Locke and other people under the Spanish rule are too.
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Bolívar gains a large portion of Peru which was a major step towards independence. Bolívar eventually becomes a dictator despite having motives to become like the U.S
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Jose de San Martin was another leader who was fighting against the Spanish crown. Bolívar and San Martin join together although, after a meeting in private, San Martin leaves the resistance permanently.
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After a long struggle and many deaths, the rebels get what they want and Mexico becomes Independent from Spain.
