AP US History By Joseflores20 Period: 1492 to 1532 European exploration era 1500 Spanish encomienda system begins 1500 Spanish Casta system begins 1520 Small Pox begins spreading to Native Americans 1521 Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez Conquers the Aztec Empire 1534 England splits from catholic church 1606 London company gains charter for set up English colony 1607 Jamestown, Virginia colony founded 1608 French found Quebec on the St. Lawrence River and engage in the Fur trade 1611 Tobacco introduced to Virginia colony by John Rolfe 1619 First African Slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia colony 1619 Virginia House of Burgesses 1620 Plymouth, Massachusetts colony founded 1620 Mayflower compact 1625 Dutch New Amsterdam becomes capital of New Netherland 1630 "City Upon a Hill" John Winthrop 1634 Maryland Founded 1649 Maryland Toleration Act 1653 North Carolina founded 1663 South Carolina founded 1676 Bacon's Rebellion 1680 Pueblo revolt 1732 Georgia founded as debtors colony 1739 Stono Rebellion 1942 Christopher Columbus "Founds" New World 1942 Columbian Exchange Begins