The Americas to 1620 By haroisab 500 Flourishing of Hopewell culture Jan 1, 600 Hohokam civilization developed Jan 1, 1000 Vikings in North America Jan 1, 1100 Flourishing of Anasazi culture Jan 1, 1200 Aztecs in Valley of Mexico Jan 1, 1400 Little Ice Age Jan 1, 1492 Columbus’s Barcelona Letter published Jan 1, 1493 Inter Caetera Jan 1, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Jan 1, 1497 Explorations by John Cabot Jan 1, 1500 Brazil Discovered Jan 1, 1502 Columbus’s final Atlantic trip Jan 1, 1512 Encomienda system established Jan 1, 1513 Balboa reached the Pacific Jan 1, 1513 Ponce de Leon in Florida Jan 1, 1519 Magellan’s Circumnavigation Jan 1, 1519 Cortes invaded Mexico Jan 1, 1523 Exploratins by Giovanni da Verrazzano Jan 1, 1532 Pizarro conquered Inca Empire Jan 1, 1537 Sublimus Deus Jan 1, 1539 De Soto explored the Southwest Jan 1, 1540 Coronado explored the Southwest Jan 1, 1541 French settlement in Canada Jan 1, 1542 Leyes Nuevas implemented Jan 1, 1550 Formation of the Powhatan Confederacy Jan 1, 1551 Council of Valladolid ruling Jan 1, 1552 A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Jan 1, 1562 Slave-trading voyages of Sir John Hawkins Jan 1, 1565 Founding of St. Augustine Jan 1, 1570 Iroquois Confederacy established Jan 1, 1576 Frobisher sought Northwest Passage Jan 1, 1579 Drake on the West Coast Jan 1, 1584 Raleigh received charter Jan 1, 1585 British colony established Jan 1, 1587 John White in Roanoke Jan 1, 1588 A Briefe and True report of the new found of Virginia Jan 1, 1590 Roanoke found deserted Jan 1, 1598 Acoma pueblo destroyed Jan 1, 1604 Establishment of Acadia Jan 1, 1606 Dutch established slave trade Jan 1, 1606 Patents for colonization in North America Jan 1, 1607 Jamestown established Jan 1, 1608 French-Huron alliance Jan 1, 1608 Quebec City founded Jan 1, 1609 Sante Fe founded Sep 3, 1609 Exploration of Hudson River Jan 1, 1614 Dutch claimed New Netherland Jan 1, 1616 Epidemic among American Indians in New England Jan 1, 1619 Africans sold Virginia Nov 11, 1620 Mayflower Compact and Plymouth landing Mar 2, 2022 Rise of Mississippian culture
