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Jamestown Founded
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Santa Fe founded by Spain
Santa Fe, present-day capital of New Mexico. -
Spaniards experiment with wheat farming
*day and month are not approximate Governor Benito Ruiz Salazar de Vallecilla planted a large tract in wheat to satisfy his countrymen's continual craving for white bread. -
Pueblo Indians Revolt
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12 years of fighting for the Spanish to free the Pueblo Indiand in New Mexico. -
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Third expedition which came to Texas
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Brought many domestic animals and a large supply of corn. -
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Spain's humiliating defeat by the British in the Seven Years War
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Crown sought to exert its authority over the Catholic Church
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Junipero Serra finds first mission
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Trade between Spanish ports and America was liberlaized
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Franciscans established nine new mission in Alta California
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The Treaty of San Lorenzo signed
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Spanish War of Independence
Spanish Americans demand independence from their mother country, Spain. -
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Spanish American wars of independence
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Spanish Cortes passed a law calling for the secularization of frontier missions in the New World
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United States takes back Florida from Spain
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the Spanish crown established and maintained settlements from Florida to California
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Mexican Independence
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Spanish rule in North America ends. -
Emancipation of most of Spain's American territories
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