Cameron's Colonial Timeline By facebooker_100001314512500 Jan 1, 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas, which he thought was India Jan 1, 1511 The first African slaves arrive in the Americas Jan 1, 1521 Cortez conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain Jan 1, 1533 Pizarro conquered the massive Incan empire with very few men compared to the Inca's army of 80,000. Jan 1, 1607 English Colonials found the first settlement, Jamestown Jan 1, 1620 Pilgrims from England found the second settlement in Plymouth Jan 1, 1763 The French and Indian war, which was actually between the French and the Brittish (with the indians fighting on both sides), ended