new spain By Camiiiii 1492 Cristopher Colombus lands on Hispaniola 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas divides the Americas between the Portuguese and the Spanish 1517 Marthin Luther publishes ninety-five theses 1521 Hernan Cortes conquers Tenochtitlan 1530 John Calvin strengthens Protestantism 1534 Henry VIII breaks with catholic church and establishes hurch of england 1584 English efforts to colonize Roanoke fail 1603 Samuel de Champlain founds New France 1607 First permanent English settlement begins at Jamestown 1624 The Dutch found New Amsterdam n Manhattan Island