Unit 2 timeline - APUS Sarah Santiago By santiag-sarah Oct 12, 1492 Columbus discoverd the New World Sep 19, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Sep 19, 1498 Da Gama goes to India Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1547 Beginning of the Protestant Reformation Sep 19, 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon explores Florida Period: Sep 19, 1519 to Sep 19, 1521 Hernan Cortes conquers Aztec Empire Aug 13, 1521 Hernan Cortes lays siege on Tenochtitlan Sep 19, 1521 Juan Ponce explores Florida Sep 19, 1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo explores the Californian coast Sep 19, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England Sep 19, 1588 English defeats Spanish Armada Sep 19, 1599 Battle of Acoma Sep 19, 1604 England and Spain sign peace treaty May 4, 1607 Jamestown was founded Sep 19, 1612 peak of tobacco culture, by John Rolfe Sep 19, 1614 First Anglo-Powhatan War ends Jan 1, 1619 The first assembly is made, in Virginia Jan 1, 1619 First blacks (indentured servants) brought to Jamestown Period: Jan 1, 1619 to Jan 1, 1776 House of Burgesses reigns as the assembly in Virginia Sep 19, 1634 Maryland colony founded Sep 19, 1644 Second Anglo-Powhatan war Jan 1, 1676 BACON'S REBELLION Sep 19, 1680 Pope's Rebellion