Timeline between Colonization to independence By facebooker_100003598755039 Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1550 Explore and conquist Jan 1, 1536 Pedro de Mendoza found Buenos aires Jan 1, 1540 Pedro de Valdivia begins the conquest of Chile. Jan 1, 1542 Bartolome de las Casas pushed "New Laws" to reform treatment of Indians. Period: Jan 1, 1550 to Jan 1, 1800 Colonial Era. Jan 1, 1598 Juan del Oñate established Spanish settlement in New Mexico. Jan 1, 1609 Spanish establish Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jan 1, 1697 Last of the Maya defeated by Spaniards. Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Jan 1, 1808 Bourbon Dynasty in Spain. Jan 1, 1780 Indian revolt led by Tupac Amaru in Upper Peru. Jan 1, 1781 Comuero Revolt in Colombia. Jan 1, 1791 Independence Era. Jan 1, 1793 Napoleonic Wars disrupt political rule in Europe. Period: Jan 1, 1799 to Jan 1, 1803 German geographer Alexander von Humboldt explores Mexico and South America. Jan 1, 1804 Haiti, once a French colony, becomes the first Latin American or Caribbean country to declare its independence. Jan 1, 1806 British naval forces invade and briefly occupy Buenos Aires, Argentina.