Topic 13 and 16 By GrannyTheGuy 1200 BCE Olmec civilzation develops in Mesoamerica 1150 Ancestral Pueblo peoples live in large complexes of stone dwelling in South Western America. 1200 The Inca settle in the Cuzco Valley 1325 Aztecs found the city of Tenochtitlan in modern day Mexico City and began to gain power 1471 Thupa Inca Yupanqui expanded Inca by 2,500 miles throughout South America 1492 Columbus reaches the Caribbean in the Gulf of Mexico Period: 1520 to 1530 Francisco Pizarro conquered the Aztec and Inca civilizations in Mexico and South America 1522 Magellan's expedition circumnavigates around the world 1533 The Inca empire in South America falls to Spanish invaders. 1607 James I founded Jamestown in Virginia 1619 First enslaved Africans arrive in Virginia 1763 The kingdoms of Great Britain, France Spain, and Portugual signed the Treaty of Paris in Paris, France, ending the French and Indian war.
