Preceden

Period 1: 1491-1607

Spanish

Columbus lands in the Bahamas

1492

Treaty of Tordesillas

1494

Ponce de Leon lands in Florida

1513

Cortes Conquers Mexico

1519 - 1521

Pizarro Conquers the Incas

1533

Coronado Explores Southwest

1540 - 1542

Cabrillo Explores California

1542

Spanish Fort at St. Augustine

1565

Spanish Found New Mexico

1609

Native American

Iroquois Confederacy Founded

1580 - 1600

Annihilation of the Pueblo Peoples

1598 - 1609

British

Roanoke Island "Lost" Colony Founded

1585

British Defeat Spanish Armada

1588

Jamestown Founded

1607