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