Timeline for Unit 2 By facebooker_100002478316212 Jan 1, 1492 Christopher Columbus sails sails and discovers the New World Jan 1, 1511 The fist enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas. Jan 1, 1521 Hernado Cortez conquers the Aztec Empire by captureing the Aztec leader. Jan 1, 1533 Fransico Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire. Jan 1, 1607 English found Jamestown, Virginia Jan 1, 1620 The English found Plymouth in Massachusetts. Jan 1, 1763 The French and Indian War ends.