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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1550
Explore and conquist
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Jan 1, 1536
Pedro de Mendoza found Buenos aires
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Jan 1, 1540
Pedro de Valdivia begins the conquest of Chile.
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Jan 1, 1542
Bartolome de las Casas pushed "New Laws" to reform treatment of Indians.
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Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
Colonial Era.
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Juan del Oñate established Spanish settlement in New Mexico.
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Spanish establish Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Last of the Maya defeated by Spaniards.
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Period: to
Bourbon Dynasty in Spain.
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Indian revolt led by Tupac Amaru in Upper Peru.
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Comuero Revolt in Colombia.
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Independence Era.
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Napoleonic Wars disrupt political rule in Europe.
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Period: to
German geographer Alexander von Humboldt explores Mexico and South America.
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Haiti, once a French colony, becomes the first Latin American or Caribbean country to declare its independence.
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British naval forces invade and briefly occupy Buenos Aires, Argentina.